Archive for November 24th, 2025

24/11/2025

COP30 Text ‘Unacceptable’ and Fails Communities at Frontline of Climate Disasters

Human Wrongs Watch

By OXFAM International*

Climate activists Cynthia Houniuhi, Hilda Nakabuye, Marinel Ubaldo, and Pavel Martiarena at the Climate Justice Camp. (Photo: Tim Zijlstra/Oxfam).

“As COP30 races toward its close, world leaders are gambling with the planet — and with the lives of the poorest. Rich countries are treating adaptation finance as a bargaining chip.

Yet adaptation finance is a lifeline for all people, from farmers facing failed harvests to families already uprooted by climate disasters.

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24/11/2025

Disasters – from Droughts and Floods to Pests and Marine Heatwaves – Cost Global Agriculture $3.26 Trillion over Three Decades: FAO

Human Wrongs Watch

By the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)*

Rome Disasters have inflicted an estimated $3.26 trillion in agricultural losses worldwide over the past 33 years – an average of $99 billion annually, roughly 4 percent of global agricultural GDP – according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

©FAO/Bayan Ksiebi

A farmer examines his dry land , hoping to plant winter crops that could provide income for his family in Salameya, the Syrian Arab Republic. ©FAO/Bayan Ksiebi

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24/11/2025

Agri-food Systems: ‘Extreme Heat Damages Crops, Stresses Livestock, Depletes Fisheries – and Threatens the Livelihoods of an Estimated 1.23 Billion People’

Human Wrongs Watch

20 November 2025 — Extreme heat poses multiple risks for agrifood systems – damaging crops, stressing livestock and depleting fisheries – and threatens the livelihoods of an estimated 1.23 billion people.
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There is an urgent need for science-informed solutions to strengthen resilience and sustainability, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization and WMO on “Extreme Heat and Agriculture.”