Archive for November 20th, 2023

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20/11/2023

Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Hit Record High. Again.

Human Wrongs Watch

Geneva, 15 November 2023 (WMO)* — The abundance of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere once again reached a new record last year and there is no end in sight to the rising trend, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

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Global averaged concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas, in 2022 were a full 50% above the pre-industrial era for the first time. They continued to grow in 2023.
 
The rate of growth in  CO2 concentrations was slightly lower than the previous year and the average for the decade, according to WMO’s Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.
 

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20/11/2023

Climate Change and Displacement: the Myths and the Facts

Human Wrongs Watch

By Kristy Siegfried

15 November 2023 (UNHCR)* — The climate crisis and human displacement are increasingly interconnected. Not only did climate-related disasters trigger more than half of new reported displacements in 2022, but nearly 60 per cent of refugees and internally displaced people now live in countries that are among the most vulnerable to climate change. Also available in: Español

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After flood waters submerged their village, Nyeritea Kay Nakney and her three children travelled by canoe to a camp for internally displaced people in Bentiu, South Sudan (March 2023). © UNHCR/Andrew McConnell

Our understanding of these links is growing, but the ways in which our rapidly changing climate is forcing people to move and making life harder for those already displaced are complex and evolving. This has allowed myths and disinformation to abound.

Here are five of the most common myths associated with the climate crisis and displacement, followed by what we know.

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20/11/2023

US Has Provided Over 130 Billion Dollars in Aid and Weapons to Israel– the Largest Ever

Human Wrongs Watch

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 17 2023 (IPS)* – As one of America’s closest allies, Israel has remained heavily dependent on the US —politically, economically, and militarily—since its creation in 1948.
 

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US arms supplies, mostly provided gratis, are channeled via US Foreign Military Financing (FMF), Military Assistance Program (MAP) and Excess Defense Articles (EDA).

According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the US has provided more foreign assistance to Israel since World War II than to any other country.

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