Yemen is entering its most dangerous food security phase in years. The latest IPC projections for September 2025–February 2026 show that over half the population - 18 million people - are expected to ...

Each year, the International Rescue Committee releases a list of the 20 humanitarian crises expected to deteriorate the most over the next year. For the past decade, this report has helped us ...

New York, NY, January 16, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply concerned by the U.S. government’s announcement that it has begun to re-review and potentially terminate the ...

5.9 million people internally displaced since April (of 9.6 million total IDPs) Over 1.4 million refugees have fled to neighboring countries since April Over half of the population (24.8 million ...

For more than a decade, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) annual Emergency Watchlist has accurately predicted 85-95 percent of the countries most likely to face a worsening humanitarian ...

The IRC's 2025 Emergency Watchlist highlights the top 10 global crises, focusing on countries like Sudan, Syria, and Myanmar, where conflict, climate change, and economic instability exacerbate ...

Climate change is set to unleash widespread and sustained damage across the world—even if we succeed in limiting global warming. This is not a problem for future generations to solve. The catastrophic ...

The International Rescue Committee’s Watchlist is an annual report on the countries most at risk of deteriorating humanitarian crises. This year’s list, which is led by Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Yemen ...

The Emergency Watchlist report is the International Rescue Committee’s assessment of the 20 countries at greatest risk of new humanitarian emergencies each year. It is based on an analytically ...

Chronic violence, climate crisis and the impacts of COVID-19 have deepened humanitarian needs and driven displacement. Here’s what you need to know about the growing crisis in Honduras. Since 2020, ...

Heightened conflict and climate shocks are increasing humanitarian needs in Somalia as communities work to recover from the country’s most severe drought in four decades, which has reduced food ...

Violence, climate change, rising poverty, and COVID-19 are forcing thousands of people from northern Central America, Haiti, and other places in crisis to flee their homes. Many, including ...