The World Disasters Report 2026 elevates the issue of harmful information from a peripheral communications concern to a de facto humanitarian crisis. This phenomenon now poses a critical operational and strategic challenge, fundamentally undermining access to aid and eroding the trust necessary for relief work. By destabilizing social cohesion, misinformation significantly increases safety risks for humanitarian staff, volunteers, and the communities they serve, threatening the core of principled humanitarian action.
managing risks for sustainable human development