UN News - Most of the globe was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives”, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday. According to the agency’s first report on global water resources, unusually dry areas included South
Release - While breathing a sigh of relief following the decision on financing for loss and damage coming out of the recent United Nations Climate Conference, Caribbean SIDS have reservations over the overall package of decisions from the international negotiations (COP27) that concluded in Egypt
The Caribbean's appeal and reminder to help vulnerable countries mitigate the effects of climate change has been heard. This year's U.N. summit on climate change delivered a promise to create a climate fund on Sunday, a hard-fought deal made by countries despite the lack of ambition
UN News - Ahead of World Toilet Day on 19 November, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is launching a new game plan to help governments achieve safely managed sanitation for their populations and meet the sanitation target laid out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “SDG 6.2 is about ending open
UN News - Three candidate Ebola vaccines for a proposed clinical trial in Uganda should be shipped to the country next week, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday. Uganda is going through a major deadly disease outbreak, and
In a potential boost for the COP27 climate talks, leaders at the G20 summit in Bali agreed to pursue efforts to limit the increase in global temperatures to 1.5ºCelsius and acknowledged the need to accelerate efforts to phase out coal use. At the UN climate meeting
UN News - Premature babies should be given skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth to improve their survival and health outcomes, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in new guidelines. The advice marks a significant departure from earlier practice, reflecting the immense health benefits of ensuring caregivers
UN News - With the global population now at eight billion and growing, action or inaction by the world’s largest economies, the G20, will be critical to determine if everyone gets to live on a peaceful and healthy planet, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said
UN News - Limited supply and unequal vaccine distribution mean that lower-income countries consistently struggle to access essential inoculations in demand by wealthier countries, according to the latest Global Vaccine Market Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is the first to examine the implications
UN News - Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide, with the number of children affected by flooding in Chad, Gambia, Pakistan and northeast Bangladesh being the highest in over 30 years. The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said in its alert on Tuesday,
