28/09/2020
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.
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
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.
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
Another wake-up call: sea ice loss is speeding up
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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
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
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
South Sudanese refugee, Bak, 80, stands next to his shelter that was damaged by massive flooding in Sharq Al-Nile, Sudan.
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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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