Behind the Headlines: Crises to Watch 2021

COVID-19 dominated headlines in 2020. The pandemic shocked the world, exacerbating existing crises, overshadowing new ones, and creating all kinds of knock-on health, economic and social effects.

Against the backdrop of 2020, what can we expect in the year ahead? What will be the continued fallout from COVID-19? What other crises and trends are on the horizon? 

For this online conversation, we explored our 2021 annual Crises to Watch list and asked leading thinkers in the humanitarian space what should demand our attention.

-Heba Aly, Director, The New Humanitarian (moderator) 

- Eilidh Kennedy, Director, IARAN 

- Julia Sanchez, Secretary General, ActionAid 

- Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute 

- Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh, Founder, Humanitarian Aid International 

- Comfort Ero, Program Director, Africa, International Crisis Group