Human Wrongs Watch
After enduring 12 typhoons this year, including two back-to-back storms in less than a month, communities across the Philippines are bracing for more extreme weather.
11/11/2024
‘Adapt or Perish’
Human Wrongs Watch
By Vibhu Mishra
UN calls for urgent action at COP29 climate summit
(UN News)* — Come hell or high water, nations must urgently scale up climate adaptation efforts, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned Thursday [], starting with a commitment to boost adaptation financing at the upcoming COP29 summit.
11/11/2024
2024 Is on Track to Be Hottest Year on Record
Human Wrongs Watch
Baku, Azerbaijan, 11 November 2024 – The year 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record after an extended streak of exceptionally high monthly global mean temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The WMO State of the Climate 2024 Update once again issues a Red Alert at the sheer pace of climate change in a single generation, turbo-charged by ever-increasing greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.
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10/11/2024
Cities Will Be Hit Hardest By Climate Change
Human Wrongs Watch
– Cities are in a unique position, simultaneously the biggest emitters of greenhouse gasses and the most affected areas of the greenhouse effect.
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A flood in Feni City, Bangladesh. Bangladesh, which is one of the most climate-sensitive regions in the world, is particularly vulnerable to climate shocks, such as rising sea levels. Credit: UNICEF/Alaa Seoudy
As a new UN report shows that rapid urbanization and industrialization have adverse effects on the environment, causing a rise in sea levels, prolonged rainfalls and flooding, and an increase in overall temperature.
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09/11/2024
UN Arms Embargo on Israel: Dead on Arrival
Human Wrongs Watch
– When the United Nations imposes sanctions or penalizes a member state – be it the General Assembly or the Human Rights Council – the resolutions are “non-binding” and often remain unimplemented.
In Khan Younis, thousands of people are fleeing for their lives again. Credit: UNRWA
But the Security Council resolutions are “binding” – and still openly violated by countries such as North Korea—because all these UN bodies have no means of implementing these resolutions, nor a standing army to forcibly enforce them. But they only carry moral weight.
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09/11/2024
Gaza: Possible Atrocity Crimes Unfold
Human Wrongs Watch
”Children and women make up 70% of those killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza…”
09/11/2024
“Despite Being Highly Preventable, Violence Remains a Horrific Day to Day Reality for Millions of Children around the World”
Human Wrongs Watch
Over half of all children aged two to 17 worldwide – some one billion – are estimated to suffer some form of violence, such as child maltreatment (including corporal punishment, the most prevalent form of childhood violence), physical or emotional abuse and sexual violence.
08/11/2024
Looming Famine in Rakhine Signals Wider Crisis in Myanmar
Human Wrongs Watch
Rakhine is home to the mostly-Muslim Rohingya community
By Vibhu Mishra
(UN News)* — Up to two million people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face the dire prospect of famine, amid a broader economic collapse and worsening humanitarian crisis triggered by the military’s 2021 overthrow of the democratically elected government.
08/11/2024
Over 420,000 Children Affected by Record-Breaking Drought in the Amazon Region
Human Wrongs Watch
Climate shocks in Brazil, Colombia and Peru are leaving children cut off from education, food supplies and other life-saving services as rivers reach devastating lows
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PANAMA CITY/NEW YORK, 7 November 2024 (UNICEF)* — More than 420,000 children are currently affected by dangerous levels of water scarcity and drought conditions across three countries in the Amazon region, according to new UNICEF estimates.
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08/11/2024
FAST FACTS: Violence against Children Widespread, Affecting Millions Worldwide
Human Wrongs Watch
Every 4 minutes, somewhere in the world, a child is killed by an act of violence
UNICEF/UNI585641/Tremeau
NEW YORK, 4 November 2024 (UNICEF)* -— As world leaders, civil society, advocates, survivors, and young people gather this week for the inaugural Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children in Bogotá, Colombia, UNICEF is calling for urgent action to combat violence that devastates the lives of millions of children worldwide.
Violence against children – whether physical, emotional, or sexual – is a global crisis happening in homes, schools, communities, and online.
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