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28/09/2020

Biodiversity – “We’re the Most Dangerous Species in Global History”

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28 September 2020 (UN News)* — Top UN officials working to preserve the natural world are urging “action now” ahead of a crucial biodiversity summit this week, where world leaders will reaffirm their commitment to the cause.

The exploitation of wildlife has led to the disappearance of many animal species at an alarming rate, destroying Earth's biological diversity and upsetting the ecological balance.

UN Photo/John Isaac | The exploitation of wildlife has led to the disappearance of many animal species at an alarming rate, destroying Earth’s biological diversity and upsetting the ecological balance.

“We have no time to wait. Biodiversity loss, nature loss, it is at an unprecedented level in the history of mankind”, Elizabeth Mrema, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, told UN News in the SDG Media Zone. “We’re the most dangerous species in global history.”

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28/09/2020

How to Make Nutritious Food Affordable for the 1 Billion Africans

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*By Dr Lawrence Haddad and Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko**

ADDIS ABABA, Sep 28 2020 (IPS)* – One of the biggest revelations of the COVID-19 pandemic has been that people with pre-existing, diet-related conditions such as obesity, heart disease, and diabetes, are more at risk of suffering severe forms of the disease leading to a need for intensive hospitalization.

73292367_10156399171866078_8830754116956323840_n The UN estimates that 74% of Africans cannot afford healthy diets. That is nearly 1 billion Africans. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS

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28/09/2020

‘Unprecedented Wildfires, Storms and Glacier Melt Are the Strongest Indications Yet of How Climate Change Threatens Life on Earth’

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Another wake-up call: sea ice loss is speeding up

Polar_bear_(Ursus_maritimus)_in_the_drift_ice_region_north_of_Svalbard Photo by Andreas Weith/Wikimedia Commons

28 September 2020 (UN Environment)* — Unprecedented wildfires, storms and glacier melt are the strongest indications yet of how climate change threatens life on Earth. The world has seen big declines in summer sea ice in the last two decades, with the lowest extent recorded in 2012.

13 September 2020 marked a new, troubling milestone – with Arctic sea ice shrinking to the second-lowest extent ever recorded.

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28/09/2020

Stop Food Loss and Waste. For the People. For the Planet

Floating market on a canal in Bangkok, where local boats are laden with fresh food. | PHOTO:©Mint Images

The COVID-19 pandemic continues generating significant challenges to food security in many countries. Disruptions in supply chains, quarantine measures, the closure of much of the hospitality industry and schools…

All these measures have resulted in a loss of markets for producers and distributors, making the situation even more challenging while dealing with high levels of food waste.

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28/09/2020

‘One-Third of Food Produced for Human Consumption Is Lost or Wasted While More than 820 Million People Continue to Go Hungry Every Day’

Vendor and consumer transaction in a supermarket. Both of them wearing face masks.

Market place in Kenya. April, 2020. Photo: World Bank / Sambrian Mbaabu

A new International Day with a difficult starting point

One-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally while more than 820 million people in the world continue to go hungry every day.

Cutting food loss and waste reduces poverty and hunger and fights climate change.

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28/09/2020

Massive Floods in Sudan Impact Thousands of Refugees

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By Roland Schönbauer in Khartoum, Sudan*

South Sudanese refugees remain in urgent need of support after heavy rains and floods damage their shelters. | Español | Français | عربي

5f6b0ff54 South Sudanese refugee, Bak, 80, stands next to his shelter that was damaged by massive flooding in Sharq Al-Nile, Sudan.
© UNHCR/Roland Schönbauer

24 September 2020 (UNHCR)* — Looking back at the years he has spent in Sudan, Bak does not remember seeing anything like the recent floods that have wreaked havoc across the country.

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Biodiversity – “We’re the Most Dangerous Species in Global History”

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How to Make Nutritious Food Affordable for the 1 Billion Africans

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*By Dr Lawrence Haddad and Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko**

‘Unprecedented Wildfires, Storms and Glacier Melt Are the Strongest Indications Yet of How Climate Change Threatens Life on Earth’

Another wake-up call: sea ice loss is speeding up

Stop Food Loss and Waste. For the People. For the Planet

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‘One-Third of Food Produced for Human Consumption Is Lost or Wasted While More than 820 Million People Continue to Go Hungry Every Day’

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Massive Floods in Sudan Impact Thousands of Refugees

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By Roland Schönbauer in Khartoum, Sudan*

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