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Saving humans is not enough. Humanitarian purpose needs to change

Sep 9, 2024 | thenewhumanitarian.org | Hugo Slim

Republish this articleHumanitarian action is not just for humans. The world will soon be swerving full speed toward a universal climate emergency. Better described as an Earth emergency, the potential devastation of humans and nature makes it blindingly obvious that there can be no human life without other life. This resets the core humanitarian challenge: How do we find life-saving harmony between humanity and nature? Simply put, saving humans is not enough; humanitarian purpose needs to change.
Painful Choices: How Humanitarians Can Prioritize in a World of Rising Need - A Conversation Starter for the Climate Emergency - World

Jan 11, 2024 | reliefweb.int | Hugo Slim

By HUGO SLIMHumanitarian ideals insist that emergency aid should be distributed universally. It is for “everyone, everywhere,” as one slogan of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has it, with targeting carried out on the basis of need.
Top Best Books On Humanitarian Aid

Oct 1, 2023 | vnexplorer.net | Jessica Alexander |Damien Brown |Christopher J. Coyne |Hugo Slim

1. Chasing Chaos, 2. Emergency Sex, 3. Band-Aid for a Broken Leg, 4. Doing Bad by Doing Good, 5. Humanitarian Ethics, 6. The Crisis Caravan, 7. An Imperfect Offering, 8. Digital Humanitarians, 9. Becoming an International Humanitarian Aid Worker, 10. Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed. There are many top books on humanitarian aid, whether you're looking to start a career in aid work or are an experienced humanitarian looking to learn more about what you do.
Is it right to count humanitarian aid as loss and damage?

Aug 29, 2023 | odihpn.org | Hugo Slim

Humanitarians are setting out their stall on loss and damage, especially the new fund that is intended to invest in projects to ‘avert, minimise and address loss and damage’. The details of this fund will be agreed at COP28 in December, and humanitarians are arguing that humanitarian activities have an important role in loss and damage investments.
Essential development books and podcasts for the summer

Aug 15, 2023 | ids.ac.uk | Christopher Clark |Angela Saini |Hugo Slim |Elizabeth Economy

‘This is an excellent reassessment of humanitarian aid for the 21st century, written by Hugo Slim, the leading policy analyst in the field. The scholarship is first rate and the writing style engaging (one reviewer even calls the style ‘sparkling’). Slim commemorates the launch of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement by Henry Dunant on the battle field of Solferino in 1859 with this rethink.
Is it right to prioritise fragile states in the climate crisis?

May 31, 2023 | odihpn.org | Hugo Slim

In the run-up to COP 28, humanitarian agencies are advocating hard for climate finance to be invested in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence (FCV). Quite rightly, they argue that millions of people in these countries are often the poorest of the poor and overlooked by climate funders. People in FCV states are disproportionately affected by multiple emergencies – climate, conflict and displacement.