Humanitarian Agenda

Exploring and highlighting the changing landscape of humanitarian assistance in the 21st century

With an unprecedented number of humanitarian crises around the world, the Humanitarian Agenda is committed to inform policy solutions to novel humanitarian challenges through expert dialogue and analysis and to developing and advancing avenues for improving humanitarian response and increasing humanitarian access.

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Evaluating Mozambique’s Security, Humanitarian, and Funding Landscape

The United States and international community needs to reevaluate funding and response models to mitigate Mozambique’s devolving security landscape, weakened humanitarian coordination, and low levels of trust between actors.

Commentary by Nicolas Jude Larnerd and Emilia Columbo — August 8, 2023

Mitigating Financial Access Challenges

Report by Jacob Kurtzer, Sue Eckert, and Sierra Ballard — October 25, 2022

Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance: Climate and Crisis in the Horn of Africa

Report by Beza Tesfaye, Erol Yayboke, Anastasia Strouboulis, and Abigail Edwards — January 9, 2023

Finding a Path through Quagmire

Brief by Will Brown — August 12, 2022

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Implications of the Blinken/Austin Letter and Sinwar’s Passing—Gaza: The Human Toll

October 22, 2024 • 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

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Conflict and Displacement in Sudan: the Urgent Need to Reduce Barriers to Humanitarian Response

September 30, 2024 • 4:00 – 5:00 pm EDT

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Gaza’s Water Crisis—What Can Be Done

July 26, 2024 • 8:00 – 9:00 am EDT

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A Complete Impasse—Gaza: The Human Toll

July 10, 2024 • 8:00 – 9:00 am EDT

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Beyond Aid

Beyond Aid brings you stories about humanitarian actors and action that go beyond the challenging headlines to focus on how we can find hope and where we can find opportunities to drive change.

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Implications of the Blinken/Austin Letter and Sinwar’s Passing—Gaza: The Human Toll

Discussion of the potential impact of the October 13 letter from the White House warning Israel to address the humanitarian aid crisis in Gaza at risk of durbing their weapons supply.

Event — October 22, 2024

Implications of the Blinken/Austin Letter and Sinwar's Passing—Gaza: The Human Toll

On the twentieth episode of “Gaza: The Human Toll,” experts discuss the potential impact of the October 13 letter from the White House warning Israel to address the humanitarian aid crisis in Gaza within 30 days at risk of curbing their weapons supply.

Transcript — October 22, 2024

Conflict and Displacement in Sudan: the Urgent Need to Reduce Barriers to Humanitarian Response

After more than 16 deadly months of conflict in Sudan, nearly 25 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, and a record-breaking 10 million have been displaced, making Sudan the worst internal displacement crisis in the world.

Event — September 30, 2024

Humanitarian Finance: A Missed Opportunity for Reform at the Summit of the Future

The United Nations hosted the Summit of the Future in New York on September 20–23, seeking to “forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future," yet humanitarian finance was not meaningfully included in its agenda or outcome.

Critical Questions by Marc Cohen and Michelle Strucke — September 30, 2024

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