17/06/2019
Yet another under-reported human-made disaster: the relentless desertification of Planet Earth that may make uninhabitable some regions like the Middle East, endanger food security, aggravate climate crisis, and force more and more millions of people to flee.
Unsplash/Photo by Brad Helmink@booradley1234
But before listing the main causes and consequences of this mounting threat, you should know that, according to the UN, desertification does not refer to the expansion of deserts, but rather the degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, primarily as a result of human activities and climatic variations.
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16/06/2019
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 2019 (IPS)* – Rural and indigenous populations in countries like Guatemala and Honduras are increasingly on the move – either migrating internally or to neighbouring countries.
Traditional indigenous attire of a Mayan woman from the Quiche region of Guatemala. UN Photo/John Olsson
But the focus on these populations has been limited, leaving them forgotten and marginalized as they continue to be disproportionately affected by climate change.
The disappearance of farmlands and unreliability of crops due to climate change have led families to experience increased food and economic insecurity—that have forced some of them to migrate.
“In general, we can say that the majority of rural migrants are poor people, but often not the poorest, because the latter cannot afford the significant costs of these journeys,” Ricardo Rapallo, Senior Food Security Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), told IPS.
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16/06/2019
This Sunday [16 June 2019] marks the second International Day of Family Remittances, observed every year on 16 June, in recognition of the fundamental contribution of migrant workers to their families and communities back home.
IFAD/Christine Nesbitt | The small amounts of $200 or $300 that each migrant sends home make up about 60 per cent of the family’s household income.
Here are eight things you might not know about the transformative power of these often small – yet major – contributions to sustainable development worldwide:
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15/06/2019
Nairobi, 15 June 2019 (UN Environment)* – Danish economist and environmentalist Inger Andersen today took up her new role as Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, promising to prioritize greater action on climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution during her four-year tenure.
Inger Andersen
Ms. Andersen was nominated for the post by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and approved by the General Assembly in February 2019.
“I am proud and excited to begin work at the UN Environment Programme in beautiful Kenya at a critical time for humanity,” said Ms. Andersen.
“Good environmental stewardship has never been more important. Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution in all its forms pose a clear and present danger to human and planetary health, and to prosperity.
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15/06/2019
By Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment*
There is something in the air. I am not talking about pollution or greenhouse gas emissions. I am talking about the change humanity needs to address these and other environmental challenges, which have placed our planet and societies in imminent peril.
Inger Andersen
We can all sense this change: in our workplaces and schools, in our cities and communities, in the boardroom and in the media, in parliaments and city councils, in laboratories and business incubators.
People from all corners of the world are demanding a fundamental redesign of how we – as individuals and as a society – interact with the planet.
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15/06/2019
JUBA (FAO)* – The number of people facing a critical lack of food in South Sudan is the highest ever, three United Nations agencies on 14 June 2019 warned.
A joint rapid response to provide life-saving food and livelihoods supplies to communities in South Sudan. The number of people facing a critical lack of food in the country is the highest ever, FAO, UNICEF and WFP warn.
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15/06/2019
The joint African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), is suspending the handover of any more camps for displaced civilians to the Sudanese military, against a backdrop of worsening violence and insecurity across the country.
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UN Photo/Albert Gonzlez Farran | Tanzanian police officer Grace Ngassa (left), serving with the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), talks to a woman resident of Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), near El Fasher, capital of North Darfur.
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15/06/2019
Record numbers in South Sudan – some seven million people – face acute food shortages, while more than 20,000 are close to famine, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday [14 June 2019].
WFP/Gabriela Vivacqua | Food distribution in Pieri, South Sudan, where WFP is assisting 29,000 people, of whom 6,600 are children under-five. (5 February 2019)
The warning, which follows years of violent unrest and vicious rights abuses linked to mass displacement, food shortages and disease outbreaks, coincides with the release of updated data on hunger levels in the country.
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15/06/2019
After more than four years of grinding conflict in Yemen, healthcare for mothers and their babies is “on the brink of collapse”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday [14 June 2019], in a report that highlights the difficulties of childbirth and parenting in a war zone.
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UNICEF/Fuad | An infant who was born prematurely receives treatment in Alsabeen Hospital, Sana’a, Yemen (2018). Children born since the conflict escalated in Yemen face huge challenges in their physical, cognitive and social development
According to UNICEF, one woman and six newborns die every two hours from complications during pregnancy or childbirth.
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