Severe Air Pollution Takes Delhi by Surprise 03/11/2023 Chetan Bhattacharji Within hours, the Delhi government closed schools and announced traffic and construction curbs, but experts are questioning whether the government is tackling the right causes. Meanwhile, a database reporting the contribution of pollution from farm fires has been discontinued by the national government. The air quality forecast remains bleak. Delhi’s air pollution suddenly got a […] Continue reading -> Health Sector is ‘Ill-Prepared’ to Protect People Against Heat and Other Extreme Weather Events 03/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Heat is the deadliest of extreme weather events, and heat-related mortality could be 30 times higher than previously thought, killing 500,000 people annually between 2000 and 2019. Yet only half the world’s governments have heat warning services, less than a quarter (23%) of health ministries use meteorological information to monitor climate-sensitive health risks, and […] Continue reading -> WHO Repeats Call for Humanitarian Pause in Gaza-Israel Conflict as Injured Palestinians Arrive in Egypt for Treatment 02/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus repeated calls for a “humanitarian pause” in the fierce fighting between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza to allow for the resupply of Palestinian hospitals in Gaza, and treatment of injured and ill, saying “we are running out of words to describe the horror.” Speaking at a press briefing Thursday, […] Continue reading -> Climate Adaptation Crisis Deepens as Rich Nations Break Finance Promises 02/11/2023 Stefan Anderson Wealthy nations are falling tens of billions of dollars short of their pledge to help climate-vulnerable regions adapt to a warming planet, widening an already vast gap in funding and leaving millions at risk, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, released on Thursday, found that international financial flows […] Continue reading -> New Gonorrhoea Treatment Shows Positive Results in Trial Sponsored by Non-Profit Partnership 02/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world may soon have a new antibiotic to treat gonorrhoea after a successful phase 3 trial of an oral pill, zoliflodacin, that was led and sponsored by a non-profit organisation. The results were announced late Wednesday by the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), which conducted the trial in collaboration with Innoviva Specialty […] Continue reading -> 46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Mistrust, Lack of Finances and Poor Accountability Undermine World’s Pandemic Preparedness 30/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world’s preparedness for the next pandemic is “perilously fragile”, with gaps that “leave us dangerously exposed to a future threat”, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) in its 2023 annual report released on Monday. “We lack the solid foundations needed to ensure current efforts for preparedness can be brought together to build […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Fresh Appeals for Release of Hamas-held Hostages; Gaza Fuel Resupply 26/10/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has issued its most forceful statement to date calling for the immediate release of some 200 Israelis and foreigners, including health workers and children, abducted by Hamas and other armed groups from Israel on 7 October during a deadly rampage of 22 Israeli communities that left about 1300 other people dead. […] Continue reading -> Human Activity Pushing Planet Towards Point of No Return, UN Warns 26/10/2023 Disha Shetty Human activity is pushing the world towards multiple tipping points that will cause rapid and fundamental change to the planet, according to a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The Interconnected Disaster Risks report, released on Wednesday, identifies six key tipping points: accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, mountain […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Health Sector is ‘Ill-Prepared’ to Protect People Against Heat and Other Extreme Weather Events 03/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan Heat is the deadliest of extreme weather events, and heat-related mortality could be 30 times higher than previously thought, killing 500,000 people annually between 2000 and 2019. Yet only half the world’s governments have heat warning services, less than a quarter (23%) of health ministries use meteorological information to monitor climate-sensitive health risks, and […] Continue reading -> WHO Repeats Call for Humanitarian Pause in Gaza-Israel Conflict as Injured Palestinians Arrive in Egypt for Treatment 02/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus repeated calls for a “humanitarian pause” in the fierce fighting between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza to allow for the resupply of Palestinian hospitals in Gaza, and treatment of injured and ill, saying “we are running out of words to describe the horror.” Speaking at a press briefing Thursday, […] Continue reading -> Climate Adaptation Crisis Deepens as Rich Nations Break Finance Promises 02/11/2023 Stefan Anderson Wealthy nations are falling tens of billions of dollars short of their pledge to help climate-vulnerable regions adapt to a warming planet, widening an already vast gap in funding and leaving millions at risk, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, released on Thursday, found that international financial flows […] Continue reading -> New Gonorrhoea Treatment Shows Positive Results in Trial Sponsored by Non-Profit Partnership 02/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world may soon have a new antibiotic to treat gonorrhoea after a successful phase 3 trial of an oral pill, zoliflodacin, that was led and sponsored by a non-profit organisation. The results were announced late Wednesday by the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), which conducted the trial in collaboration with Innoviva Specialty […] Continue reading -> 46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Mistrust, Lack of Finances and Poor Accountability Undermine World’s Pandemic Preparedness 30/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world’s preparedness for the next pandemic is “perilously fragile”, with gaps that “leave us dangerously exposed to a future threat”, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) in its 2023 annual report released on Monday. “We lack the solid foundations needed to ensure current efforts for preparedness can be brought together to build […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Fresh Appeals for Release of Hamas-held Hostages; Gaza Fuel Resupply 26/10/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has issued its most forceful statement to date calling for the immediate release of some 200 Israelis and foreigners, including health workers and children, abducted by Hamas and other armed groups from Israel on 7 October during a deadly rampage of 22 Israeli communities that left about 1300 other people dead. […] Continue reading -> Human Activity Pushing Planet Towards Point of No Return, UN Warns 26/10/2023 Disha Shetty Human activity is pushing the world towards multiple tipping points that will cause rapid and fundamental change to the planet, according to a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The Interconnected Disaster Risks report, released on Wednesday, identifies six key tipping points: accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, mountain […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Repeats Call for Humanitarian Pause in Gaza-Israel Conflict as Injured Palestinians Arrive in Egypt for Treatment 02/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus repeated calls for a “humanitarian pause” in the fierce fighting between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza to allow for the resupply of Palestinian hospitals in Gaza, and treatment of injured and ill, saying “we are running out of words to describe the horror.” Speaking at a press briefing Thursday, […] Continue reading -> Climate Adaptation Crisis Deepens as Rich Nations Break Finance Promises 02/11/2023 Stefan Anderson Wealthy nations are falling tens of billions of dollars short of their pledge to help climate-vulnerable regions adapt to a warming planet, widening an already vast gap in funding and leaving millions at risk, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, released on Thursday, found that international financial flows […] Continue reading -> New Gonorrhoea Treatment Shows Positive Results in Trial Sponsored by Non-Profit Partnership 02/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world may soon have a new antibiotic to treat gonorrhoea after a successful phase 3 trial of an oral pill, zoliflodacin, that was led and sponsored by a non-profit organisation. The results were announced late Wednesday by the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), which conducted the trial in collaboration with Innoviva Specialty […] Continue reading -> 46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Mistrust, Lack of Finances and Poor Accountability Undermine World’s Pandemic Preparedness 30/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world’s preparedness for the next pandemic is “perilously fragile”, with gaps that “leave us dangerously exposed to a future threat”, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) in its 2023 annual report released on Monday. “We lack the solid foundations needed to ensure current efforts for preparedness can be brought together to build […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Fresh Appeals for Release of Hamas-held Hostages; Gaza Fuel Resupply 26/10/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has issued its most forceful statement to date calling for the immediate release of some 200 Israelis and foreigners, including health workers and children, abducted by Hamas and other armed groups from Israel on 7 October during a deadly rampage of 22 Israeli communities that left about 1300 other people dead. […] Continue reading -> Human Activity Pushing Planet Towards Point of No Return, UN Warns 26/10/2023 Disha Shetty Human activity is pushing the world towards multiple tipping points that will cause rapid and fundamental change to the planet, according to a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The Interconnected Disaster Risks report, released on Wednesday, identifies six key tipping points: accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, mountain […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Climate Adaptation Crisis Deepens as Rich Nations Break Finance Promises 02/11/2023 Stefan Anderson Wealthy nations are falling tens of billions of dollars short of their pledge to help climate-vulnerable regions adapt to a warming planet, widening an already vast gap in funding and leaving millions at risk, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, released on Thursday, found that international financial flows […] Continue reading -> New Gonorrhoea Treatment Shows Positive Results in Trial Sponsored by Non-Profit Partnership 02/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world may soon have a new antibiotic to treat gonorrhoea after a successful phase 3 trial of an oral pill, zoliflodacin, that was led and sponsored by a non-profit organisation. The results were announced late Wednesday by the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), which conducted the trial in collaboration with Innoviva Specialty […] Continue reading -> 46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Mistrust, Lack of Finances and Poor Accountability Undermine World’s Pandemic Preparedness 30/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world’s preparedness for the next pandemic is “perilously fragile”, with gaps that “leave us dangerously exposed to a future threat”, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) in its 2023 annual report released on Monday. “We lack the solid foundations needed to ensure current efforts for preparedness can be brought together to build […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Fresh Appeals for Release of Hamas-held Hostages; Gaza Fuel Resupply 26/10/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has issued its most forceful statement to date calling for the immediate release of some 200 Israelis and foreigners, including health workers and children, abducted by Hamas and other armed groups from Israel on 7 October during a deadly rampage of 22 Israeli communities that left about 1300 other people dead. […] Continue reading -> Human Activity Pushing Planet Towards Point of No Return, UN Warns 26/10/2023 Disha Shetty Human activity is pushing the world towards multiple tipping points that will cause rapid and fundamental change to the planet, according to a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The Interconnected Disaster Risks report, released on Wednesday, identifies six key tipping points: accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, mountain […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New Gonorrhoea Treatment Shows Positive Results in Trial Sponsored by Non-Profit Partnership 02/11/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world may soon have a new antibiotic to treat gonorrhoea after a successful phase 3 trial of an oral pill, zoliflodacin, that was led and sponsored by a non-profit organisation. The results were announced late Wednesday by the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), which conducted the trial in collaboration with Innoviva Specialty […] Continue reading -> 46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Mistrust, Lack of Finances and Poor Accountability Undermine World’s Pandemic Preparedness 30/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world’s preparedness for the next pandemic is “perilously fragile”, with gaps that “leave us dangerously exposed to a future threat”, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) in its 2023 annual report released on Monday. “We lack the solid foundations needed to ensure current efforts for preparedness can be brought together to build […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Fresh Appeals for Release of Hamas-held Hostages; Gaza Fuel Resupply 26/10/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has issued its most forceful statement to date calling for the immediate release of some 200 Israelis and foreigners, including health workers and children, abducted by Hamas and other armed groups from Israel on 7 October during a deadly rampage of 22 Israeli communities that left about 1300 other people dead. […] Continue reading -> Human Activity Pushing Planet Towards Point of No Return, UN Warns 26/10/2023 Disha Shetty Human activity is pushing the world towards multiple tipping points that will cause rapid and fundamental change to the planet, according to a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The Interconnected Disaster Risks report, released on Wednesday, identifies six key tipping points: accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, mountain […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
46 Million Healthworkers to COP28 President: Fossil Fuel Interests Have No Place in Climate Talks 01/11/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A group of international health organisations representing 46 million healthcare workers, has published an open letter to the COP28 president Dr Ahmed Al Jaber demanding an “end to the fossil fuel era” at the upcoming UN Climate Conference in Dubai (29 November-12 December). Al Jaber, is the United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced […] Continue reading -> Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Mistrust, Lack of Finances and Poor Accountability Undermine World’s Pandemic Preparedness 30/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world’s preparedness for the next pandemic is “perilously fragile”, with gaps that “leave us dangerously exposed to a future threat”, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) in its 2023 annual report released on Monday. “We lack the solid foundations needed to ensure current efforts for preparedness can be brought together to build […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Fresh Appeals for Release of Hamas-held Hostages; Gaza Fuel Resupply 26/10/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has issued its most forceful statement to date calling for the immediate release of some 200 Israelis and foreigners, including health workers and children, abducted by Hamas and other armed groups from Israel on 7 October during a deadly rampage of 22 Israeli communities that left about 1300 other people dead. […] Continue reading -> Human Activity Pushing Planet Towards Point of No Return, UN Warns 26/10/2023 Disha Shetty Human activity is pushing the world towards multiple tipping points that will cause rapid and fundamental change to the planet, according to a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The Interconnected Disaster Risks report, released on Wednesday, identifies six key tipping points: accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, mountain […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Last Chance for Climate Loss and Damage Fund Deal Before COP28 01/11/2023 Will Worley Countries have a final chance to make progress on settling loss and damage funding at an emergency meeting starting on Friday before December’s pivotal COP28 climate summit – or risk another year of delays that could deepen global mistrust. Negotiations to set up a fund to help countries recover from the destructive impacts of climate […] Continue reading -> Mistrust, Lack of Finances and Poor Accountability Undermine World’s Pandemic Preparedness 30/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world’s preparedness for the next pandemic is “perilously fragile”, with gaps that “leave us dangerously exposed to a future threat”, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) in its 2023 annual report released on Monday. “We lack the solid foundations needed to ensure current efforts for preparedness can be brought together to build […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Fresh Appeals for Release of Hamas-held Hostages; Gaza Fuel Resupply 26/10/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has issued its most forceful statement to date calling for the immediate release of some 200 Israelis and foreigners, including health workers and children, abducted by Hamas and other armed groups from Israel on 7 October during a deadly rampage of 22 Israeli communities that left about 1300 other people dead. […] Continue reading -> Human Activity Pushing Planet Towards Point of No Return, UN Warns 26/10/2023 Disha Shetty Human activity is pushing the world towards multiple tipping points that will cause rapid and fundamental change to the planet, according to a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The Interconnected Disaster Risks report, released on Wednesday, identifies six key tipping points: accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, mountain […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mistrust, Lack of Finances and Poor Accountability Undermine World’s Pandemic Preparedness 30/10/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world’s preparedness for the next pandemic is “perilously fragile”, with gaps that “leave us dangerously exposed to a future threat”, according to the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) in its 2023 annual report released on Monday. “We lack the solid foundations needed to ensure current efforts for preparedness can be brought together to build […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues Fresh Appeals for Release of Hamas-held Hostages; Gaza Fuel Resupply 26/10/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has issued its most forceful statement to date calling for the immediate release of some 200 Israelis and foreigners, including health workers and children, abducted by Hamas and other armed groups from Israel on 7 October during a deadly rampage of 22 Israeli communities that left about 1300 other people dead. […] Continue reading -> Human Activity Pushing Planet Towards Point of No Return, UN Warns 26/10/2023 Disha Shetty Human activity is pushing the world towards multiple tipping points that will cause rapid and fundamental change to the planet, according to a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The Interconnected Disaster Risks report, released on Wednesday, identifies six key tipping points: accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, mountain […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Issues Fresh Appeals for Release of Hamas-held Hostages; Gaza Fuel Resupply 26/10/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization has issued its most forceful statement to date calling for the immediate release of some 200 Israelis and foreigners, including health workers and children, abducted by Hamas and other armed groups from Israel on 7 October during a deadly rampage of 22 Israeli communities that left about 1300 other people dead. […] Continue reading -> Human Activity Pushing Planet Towards Point of No Return, UN Warns 26/10/2023 Disha Shetty Human activity is pushing the world towards multiple tipping points that will cause rapid and fundamental change to the planet, according to a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The Interconnected Disaster Risks report, released on Wednesday, identifies six key tipping points: accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, mountain […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Human Activity Pushing Planet Towards Point of No Return, UN Warns 26/10/2023 Disha Shetty Human activity is pushing the world towards multiple tipping points that will cause rapid and fundamental change to the planet, according to a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The Interconnected Disaster Risks report, released on Wednesday, identifies six key tipping points: accelerating extinctions, groundwater depletion, mountain […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts