Climate Crisis Threatens Countries Still Reeling from COVID-19 23/05/2023 Disha Shetty The messiness of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution and the growing challenge of climate change emerged as key challenges at the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Tuesday in discussions on resolutions on preparing for future pandemics in Geneva. Representing 47 countries in the African region, Tanzania underscored the importance of greater equity and access to technology […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on Countries to “Drastically Reduce” Climate Emissions to Improve Global Health 19/05/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for focused action to address global warming and climate change to promote health outcomes. Recommendations include concerted efforts to reduce carbon emissions, build climate-resilient and sustainable health systems and protect health from the impacts of climate change. There is also a decline in the treatment coverage for tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> Cutting Global Plastic Pollution by 80% by 2040 is Within Reach, UN Says 16/05/2023 Stefan Anderson Cutting global plastic pollution by 80% by 2040 is within reach if countries and companies commit to deep systemic changes in the way the world consumes and produces plastics, according to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report released on Tuesday. The roadmap set out by the report is remarkably low-tech: reuse, recycle, and replace […] Continue reading -> Burundi Tops Scorecard for Integrating Health into Climate Action Plan 16/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan Landlocked equatorial Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world – yet it scored the highest out of 58 countries for its plans to integrate health measures into its climate mitigation plan, getting an almost perfect score of 17 out of 18. Low- and middle-income countries were far more likely to include health […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Pushing an ‘Alarming’ Spread of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika 06/04/2023 Megha Kaveri Climate change is driving the spread of mosquito-borne arboviruses – dengue, chikungunya and Zika – into new areas, thus leading the world to newer crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week. Several countries in the Americas region have reported an increase in dengue, zika and chikungunya cases and that the pattern might repeat […] Continue reading -> IMF ‘Falling Short’ in Climate Crisis 31/03/2023 Stefan Anderson The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) climate change policies are obstructing access to the financing required to prepare for and adapt to climate change in countries on the frontline, a new report by a task force representing finance ministers from climate-vulnerable nations said. The Task Force on Climate, Development and the International Monetary fund – the […] Continue reading -> 13 Marburg Virus Cases Now Confirmed in Equatorial Guinea – More May Be Passing Under Radar 30/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Authorities in Equatorial Guinea have confirmed another four cases of deadly Marburg virus disease, bringing the total number of cases for the country’s current outbreak to 13 – although some sources warn that the case count could be much higher, due to the lack of lab capacity and reporting delays. In a Twitter post late […] Continue reading -> World Rallies Around United Nations Call to Protect Water 24/03/2023 Stefan Anderson At the first international conference on water security in five decades, governments, international organizations and civil society groups from over 170 countries committed to nearly 700 new initiatives to address a global water crisis that is causing record droughts, threatening food security, and threatening global supplies of drinking water. This week’s UN Water Conference is only […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Next Decade Will Determine if We Can Stop Global Warming at 1.5ºC, Says IPCC 20/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world will heat up by at least 1.5ºC by the 2030s – and our best hope is that global warming does not “go blasting” way beyond this point, according to scientists from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC released its sixth synthesis report on climate change in Interlaken in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Calls on Countries to “Drastically Reduce” Climate Emissions to Improve Global Health 19/05/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for focused action to address global warming and climate change to promote health outcomes. Recommendations include concerted efforts to reduce carbon emissions, build climate-resilient and sustainable health systems and protect health from the impacts of climate change. There is also a decline in the treatment coverage for tuberculosis […] Continue reading -> Cutting Global Plastic Pollution by 80% by 2040 is Within Reach, UN Says 16/05/2023 Stefan Anderson Cutting global plastic pollution by 80% by 2040 is within reach if countries and companies commit to deep systemic changes in the way the world consumes and produces plastics, according to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report released on Tuesday. The roadmap set out by the report is remarkably low-tech: reuse, recycle, and replace […] Continue reading -> Burundi Tops Scorecard for Integrating Health into Climate Action Plan 16/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan Landlocked equatorial Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world – yet it scored the highest out of 58 countries for its plans to integrate health measures into its climate mitigation plan, getting an almost perfect score of 17 out of 18. Low- and middle-income countries were far more likely to include health […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Pushing an ‘Alarming’ Spread of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika 06/04/2023 Megha Kaveri Climate change is driving the spread of mosquito-borne arboviruses – dengue, chikungunya and Zika – into new areas, thus leading the world to newer crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week. Several countries in the Americas region have reported an increase in dengue, zika and chikungunya cases and that the pattern might repeat […] Continue reading -> IMF ‘Falling Short’ in Climate Crisis 31/03/2023 Stefan Anderson The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) climate change policies are obstructing access to the financing required to prepare for and adapt to climate change in countries on the frontline, a new report by a task force representing finance ministers from climate-vulnerable nations said. The Task Force on Climate, Development and the International Monetary fund – the […] Continue reading -> 13 Marburg Virus Cases Now Confirmed in Equatorial Guinea – More May Be Passing Under Radar 30/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Authorities in Equatorial Guinea have confirmed another four cases of deadly Marburg virus disease, bringing the total number of cases for the country’s current outbreak to 13 – although some sources warn that the case count could be much higher, due to the lack of lab capacity and reporting delays. In a Twitter post late […] Continue reading -> World Rallies Around United Nations Call to Protect Water 24/03/2023 Stefan Anderson At the first international conference on water security in five decades, governments, international organizations and civil society groups from over 170 countries committed to nearly 700 new initiatives to address a global water crisis that is causing record droughts, threatening food security, and threatening global supplies of drinking water. This week’s UN Water Conference is only […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Next Decade Will Determine if We Can Stop Global Warming at 1.5ºC, Says IPCC 20/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world will heat up by at least 1.5ºC by the 2030s – and our best hope is that global warming does not “go blasting” way beyond this point, according to scientists from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC released its sixth synthesis report on climate change in Interlaken in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Cutting Global Plastic Pollution by 80% by 2040 is Within Reach, UN Says 16/05/2023 Stefan Anderson Cutting global plastic pollution by 80% by 2040 is within reach if countries and companies commit to deep systemic changes in the way the world consumes and produces plastics, according to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report released on Tuesday. The roadmap set out by the report is remarkably low-tech: reuse, recycle, and replace […] Continue reading -> Burundi Tops Scorecard for Integrating Health into Climate Action Plan 16/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan Landlocked equatorial Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world – yet it scored the highest out of 58 countries for its plans to integrate health measures into its climate mitigation plan, getting an almost perfect score of 17 out of 18. Low- and middle-income countries were far more likely to include health […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Pushing an ‘Alarming’ Spread of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika 06/04/2023 Megha Kaveri Climate change is driving the spread of mosquito-borne arboviruses – dengue, chikungunya and Zika – into new areas, thus leading the world to newer crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week. Several countries in the Americas region have reported an increase in dengue, zika and chikungunya cases and that the pattern might repeat […] Continue reading -> IMF ‘Falling Short’ in Climate Crisis 31/03/2023 Stefan Anderson The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) climate change policies are obstructing access to the financing required to prepare for and adapt to climate change in countries on the frontline, a new report by a task force representing finance ministers from climate-vulnerable nations said. The Task Force on Climate, Development and the International Monetary fund – the […] Continue reading -> 13 Marburg Virus Cases Now Confirmed in Equatorial Guinea – More May Be Passing Under Radar 30/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Authorities in Equatorial Guinea have confirmed another four cases of deadly Marburg virus disease, bringing the total number of cases for the country’s current outbreak to 13 – although some sources warn that the case count could be much higher, due to the lack of lab capacity and reporting delays. In a Twitter post late […] Continue reading -> World Rallies Around United Nations Call to Protect Water 24/03/2023 Stefan Anderson At the first international conference on water security in five decades, governments, international organizations and civil society groups from over 170 countries committed to nearly 700 new initiatives to address a global water crisis that is causing record droughts, threatening food security, and threatening global supplies of drinking water. This week’s UN Water Conference is only […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Next Decade Will Determine if We Can Stop Global Warming at 1.5ºC, Says IPCC 20/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world will heat up by at least 1.5ºC by the 2030s – and our best hope is that global warming does not “go blasting” way beyond this point, according to scientists from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC released its sixth synthesis report on climate change in Interlaken in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Burundi Tops Scorecard for Integrating Health into Climate Action Plan 16/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan Landlocked equatorial Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world – yet it scored the highest out of 58 countries for its plans to integrate health measures into its climate mitigation plan, getting an almost perfect score of 17 out of 18. Low- and middle-income countries were far more likely to include health […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Pushing an ‘Alarming’ Spread of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika 06/04/2023 Megha Kaveri Climate change is driving the spread of mosquito-borne arboviruses – dengue, chikungunya and Zika – into new areas, thus leading the world to newer crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week. Several countries in the Americas region have reported an increase in dengue, zika and chikungunya cases and that the pattern might repeat […] Continue reading -> IMF ‘Falling Short’ in Climate Crisis 31/03/2023 Stefan Anderson The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) climate change policies are obstructing access to the financing required to prepare for and adapt to climate change in countries on the frontline, a new report by a task force representing finance ministers from climate-vulnerable nations said. The Task Force on Climate, Development and the International Monetary fund – the […] Continue reading -> 13 Marburg Virus Cases Now Confirmed in Equatorial Guinea – More May Be Passing Under Radar 30/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Authorities in Equatorial Guinea have confirmed another four cases of deadly Marburg virus disease, bringing the total number of cases for the country’s current outbreak to 13 – although some sources warn that the case count could be much higher, due to the lack of lab capacity and reporting delays. In a Twitter post late […] Continue reading -> World Rallies Around United Nations Call to Protect Water 24/03/2023 Stefan Anderson At the first international conference on water security in five decades, governments, international organizations and civil society groups from over 170 countries committed to nearly 700 new initiatives to address a global water crisis that is causing record droughts, threatening food security, and threatening global supplies of drinking water. This week’s UN Water Conference is only […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Next Decade Will Determine if We Can Stop Global Warming at 1.5ºC, Says IPCC 20/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world will heat up by at least 1.5ºC by the 2030s – and our best hope is that global warming does not “go blasting” way beyond this point, according to scientists from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC released its sixth synthesis report on climate change in Interlaken in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Climate Change Pushing an ‘Alarming’ Spread of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika 06/04/2023 Megha Kaveri Climate change is driving the spread of mosquito-borne arboviruses – dengue, chikungunya and Zika – into new areas, thus leading the world to newer crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week. Several countries in the Americas region have reported an increase in dengue, zika and chikungunya cases and that the pattern might repeat […] Continue reading -> IMF ‘Falling Short’ in Climate Crisis 31/03/2023 Stefan Anderson The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) climate change policies are obstructing access to the financing required to prepare for and adapt to climate change in countries on the frontline, a new report by a task force representing finance ministers from climate-vulnerable nations said. The Task Force on Climate, Development and the International Monetary fund – the […] Continue reading -> 13 Marburg Virus Cases Now Confirmed in Equatorial Guinea – More May Be Passing Under Radar 30/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Authorities in Equatorial Guinea have confirmed another four cases of deadly Marburg virus disease, bringing the total number of cases for the country’s current outbreak to 13 – although some sources warn that the case count could be much higher, due to the lack of lab capacity and reporting delays. In a Twitter post late […] Continue reading -> World Rallies Around United Nations Call to Protect Water 24/03/2023 Stefan Anderson At the first international conference on water security in five decades, governments, international organizations and civil society groups from over 170 countries committed to nearly 700 new initiatives to address a global water crisis that is causing record droughts, threatening food security, and threatening global supplies of drinking water. This week’s UN Water Conference is only […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Next Decade Will Determine if We Can Stop Global Warming at 1.5ºC, Says IPCC 20/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world will heat up by at least 1.5ºC by the 2030s – and our best hope is that global warming does not “go blasting” way beyond this point, according to scientists from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC released its sixth synthesis report on climate change in Interlaken in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
IMF ‘Falling Short’ in Climate Crisis 31/03/2023 Stefan Anderson The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) climate change policies are obstructing access to the financing required to prepare for and adapt to climate change in countries on the frontline, a new report by a task force representing finance ministers from climate-vulnerable nations said. The Task Force on Climate, Development and the International Monetary fund – the […] Continue reading -> 13 Marburg Virus Cases Now Confirmed in Equatorial Guinea – More May Be Passing Under Radar 30/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Authorities in Equatorial Guinea have confirmed another four cases of deadly Marburg virus disease, bringing the total number of cases for the country’s current outbreak to 13 – although some sources warn that the case count could be much higher, due to the lack of lab capacity and reporting delays. In a Twitter post late […] Continue reading -> World Rallies Around United Nations Call to Protect Water 24/03/2023 Stefan Anderson At the first international conference on water security in five decades, governments, international organizations and civil society groups from over 170 countries committed to nearly 700 new initiatives to address a global water crisis that is causing record droughts, threatening food security, and threatening global supplies of drinking water. This week’s UN Water Conference is only […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Next Decade Will Determine if We Can Stop Global Warming at 1.5ºC, Says IPCC 20/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world will heat up by at least 1.5ºC by the 2030s – and our best hope is that global warming does not “go blasting” way beyond this point, according to scientists from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC released its sixth synthesis report on climate change in Interlaken in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
13 Marburg Virus Cases Now Confirmed in Equatorial Guinea – More May Be Passing Under Radar 30/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Authorities in Equatorial Guinea have confirmed another four cases of deadly Marburg virus disease, bringing the total number of cases for the country’s current outbreak to 13 – although some sources warn that the case count could be much higher, due to the lack of lab capacity and reporting delays. In a Twitter post late […] Continue reading -> World Rallies Around United Nations Call to Protect Water 24/03/2023 Stefan Anderson At the first international conference on water security in five decades, governments, international organizations and civil society groups from over 170 countries committed to nearly 700 new initiatives to address a global water crisis that is causing record droughts, threatening food security, and threatening global supplies of drinking water. This week’s UN Water Conference is only […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Next Decade Will Determine if We Can Stop Global Warming at 1.5ºC, Says IPCC 20/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world will heat up by at least 1.5ºC by the 2030s – and our best hope is that global warming does not “go blasting” way beyond this point, according to scientists from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC released its sixth synthesis report on climate change in Interlaken in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Rallies Around United Nations Call to Protect Water 24/03/2023 Stefan Anderson At the first international conference on water security in five decades, governments, international organizations and civil society groups from over 170 countries committed to nearly 700 new initiatives to address a global water crisis that is causing record droughts, threatening food security, and threatening global supplies of drinking water. This week’s UN Water Conference is only […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Next Decade Will Determine if We Can Stop Global Warming at 1.5ºC, Says IPCC 20/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world will heat up by at least 1.5ºC by the 2030s – and our best hope is that global warming does not “go blasting” way beyond this point, according to scientists from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC released its sixth synthesis report on climate change in Interlaken in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Next Decade Will Determine if We Can Stop Global Warming at 1.5ºC, Says IPCC 20/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world will heat up by at least 1.5ºC by the 2030s – and our best hope is that global warming does not “go blasting” way beyond this point, according to scientists from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC released its sixth synthesis report on climate change in Interlaken in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Next Decade Will Determine if We Can Stop Global Warming at 1.5ºC, Says IPCC 20/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan The world will heat up by at least 1.5ºC by the 2030s – and our best hope is that global warming does not “go blasting” way beyond this point, according to scientists from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC released its sixth synthesis report on climate change in Interlaken in […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts