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Green light for global greenhouse gas tracking network

·May 29, 2023·2 min read

The landmark decision comes as heat-trapping greenhouse gas concentrations are at record levels – “higher than at any time over the last 800,000 years”, WMO warned. Data from Earth and space The new Global Greenhouse Gas Watch will combine observations from Earth and from space with modelling, to fill critical...

Global temperatures set to break records during next 5 years: WMO

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·May 17, 2023·2 min read

There is a 66 per cent likelihood that the annual average near-surface global temperature between 2023 and 2027, will be more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for at least one year. Warmest year ever And there is a 98 per cent likelihood that at least one of the next five...

Countries must forge ‘Global Blue Deal’ to protect the ocean: UNCTAD

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·May 8, 2023·3 min read

That’s according to the UN Trade and Development body UNCTAD’s Trade and Environment Review 2023, published on Monday, which analyses the world’s $3-6 billion ocean economy, and assesses how human activity and multiple global crises have significantly impacted sectors like fishing, seafood, shipping and coastal tourism. The report, presented at the 3rd UN...

WHO chief declares end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency

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·May 5, 2023·2 min read

“Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes – and that’s just the deaths we know about”, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, briefing the media at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva. According to WHO’s Coronavirus Dashboard which has collated key statistics since early in the pandemic, the cumulative cases worldwide now stand...

Guterres: Urgency of global challenges demands bold, swift action

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·April 25, 2023·6 min read

“We face unprecedented and interlocking crises,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his briefing at the Council’s ministerial-level open debate on effective multilateralism through the defence of the principles of the UN Charter. “Tensions between major powers are at an historic high, so are the risks of conflict, through misadventure...

UN commission examines threats to global education goal

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·April 10, 2023·5 min read

The issue is under the microscope this week at the latest session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD), taking place at UN Headquarters in New York. Delivering opening remarks, Ms. Mohammed began by highlighting the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, who have been banned from high...

WHO chief warns against misinformation over global pandemic accord

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·March 26, 2023·2 min read

Briefing correspondents in Geneva at his regular weekly press conference, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “the claim that the accord will cede power to WHO is quite simply false. It’s fake news.” Countries will decide He made clear that countries themselves will decide the wording and scope of any global agreement on...

Amid recent slowdown in global trade, ‘green goods’ are the winning ticket

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·March 24, 2023·1 min read

According to UNCTAD’s latest Global Trade Update, trade in “green goods”, which use fewer resources and pollute less, grew by four per cent in the second half of the year, reaching a record $1.9 trillion in 2022. “This is good news for the planet, as these goods are key to...

Extreme weather: UN global early warning initiative ‘fast-tracked into action’

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·March 22, 2023·3 min read

UN chief António Guterres convened an Advisory Panel of top UN agency officials which met for the first time to inject more “political, technical and financial clout to ensure that Early Warnings for All becomes a reality for everyone, everywhere”, said WMO in a press release. Tuesday’s panel included development...

Ukraine-Russia: Extension of grain export deals vital to global food security

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·March 18, 2023·2 min read

Martin Griffths, the UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed ambassadors on the eve of the expiration of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has allowed nearly 25 million metric tonnes of foodstuff from Ukraine to reach global markets. The accord was signed in Türkiye in July 2022, in...

Sticking to ‘cold, hard’ climate facts can end global warming: Guterres

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·March 14, 2023·1 min read

Underlining the “urgent need to end global heating with cold, hard facts”, he said the panel’s forthcoming report ahead of the next UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), to be held in Dubai in November, comes at a pivotal time. ‘Tip of the tipping point’ “Our world is at a crossroads,...

WHO: Nations step closer to global guides on pandemics, disease outbreaks

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·February 26, 2023·3 min read

The two processes are complementary, guided by the imperative of making the world safer from communicable diseases and ensuring equitable responses to public health threats, said Ashley Bloomfield, former Director-General of Health of New Zealand, who co-chairs the working group on updating the 2005 WHO International Health Regulations, which concluded...