11/05/2020
10 May 2020 (Wall Street International)* — The United Nations has designated the 16
th of May as a day devoted to
Living Together in Peace. It therefore seems appropriate to mark this day by discussing the reasons why war must be eliminated as a human institution.
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11/05/2020
11 May 2020 (UN Environment)* — Over the past few weeks there have been many reports of localized air quality improvements as the world has locked down to combat the coronavirus pandemic. However, no one should think that the climate crisis is therefore over—far from it.
The most recent data from the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) shows global carbon dioxide (CO2) levels rising sharply.
In April 2020 the average concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere was416.21 parts per million (ppm), the highest since measurements began in Hawaii in 1958.
Furthermore, ice core records indicate that such levels have not been seen in the last 800,000 years.
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11/05/2020
“The American healthcare financing system was not built to withstand the combined impact of a pandemic and a recession,” the President of Physicians for a National Health Program Adam Gaffney said.
10 May 2020 (teleSUR)* — Progressives and Medicare for All defenders in the United States (U.S.) pointed Sunday [10 May 2020] to the incoming health insurance crisis due to the massive layoffs triggered by quarantine measures to fight the spread of the new coronavirus in the country.
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11/05/2020
10 May 2020 (UN News)* — The UN food agency, FAO, warns that hunger and fatalities could rise significantly in urban areas, without measures to ensure that poor and vulnerable residents have access to food. In Latin America, cities are finding ways to keep food supplies flowing, despite the current restrictions on movement and supplies.
The Latin American response
Several Latin American municipalities have been taking action to minimise the consequences of lockdown measures, and ensure that food systems do not break down, as work dries up.
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11/05/2020
Activists have condemned the government for pushing through environmentally destructive projects at a time when people are unable to protest.
Migrant workers with their belongings walk towards their native places in a scorching heat after getting stuck for 40 days during a nationwide lockdown. Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has extended the lockdown until 17 may across the country. | SOPA Images/SIPA USA/PA Images
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11/05/2020
ILO Photo/Kevin Cassidy | The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative solar facility in the US state of Hawaii.
UN News travelled to Hawaii with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to talk to a power company executive and a sheep farmer to find out how they are contributing to that goal.
Neatly arranged rows of deep marine blue-coloured photovoltaic panels are lined up on the undulating hills of one of Hawaii’s volcanic islands, creating a sea of solar-energy generation.
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