Human Wrongs Watch
(UNEP)* — Air pollution costs the global economy a staggering US$8.1 trillion every year, or 6.1 per cent of the world’s gross domestic product.
Credit: UNEP
16/09/2024
August 2024, the Warmest on Record, Marking the 15th Consecutive Month of Record-High Global Temperatures
Human Wrongs Watch
13 September 2024 (WMO)* — The extended streak of extraordinarily high temperatures has continued, and the year so far has been the warmest on record for the globe, according to three leading international datasets.
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It was the warmest August on record, marking the 15th consecutive month of record-high global temperatures, which it itself is a record, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
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16/09/2024
Half the World Lacks Social Protection amid Climate Crisis – International Labour Organization
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Social protection is essential to safeguard people from shocks, but half the world is without any coverage, including over 90 per cent of people living in climate-vulnerable countries, according to a new report released on Thursday [] by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
15/09/2024
“A Race against Time”: Pregnant Djamila’s Journey to Hospital by Canoe in Flood-Ravaged Cameroon
Human Wrongs Watch
FAR NORTH REGION, Cameroon, 11 September 2024 (UNFPA)* -– As Djamila* clutched her pregnant belly, the floodwaters rose around her, threatening to engulf the fragile canoe she had escaped in.
“The water was everywhere,” she told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. “I was so scared – not just for myself, but for my babies. Every minute felt like an eternity.”
At 18, this was her first pregnancy – and she was expecting twins.
15/09/2024
Escalation in West Bank Signals Risk of Further Atrocities
Human Wrongs Watch
By Akshaya Kumar | Human Rights Watch*
12 September 2024 — In recent days Israeli security forces in the West Bank have reportedly blocked medical workers from getting to people in need, dug up roads making them impassable, and used airstrikes and drones launching missiles to kill dozens of Palestinians, including children.
15/09/2024
Nigeria: Hundreds of Thousands in Need of Aid as Flooding Wipes Out Homes – World Food Programme
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — UN humanitarians are rushing to assist scores of newly displaced people in northeast Nigeria, after torrential rains caused a dam to collapse and flood the area, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday [].
15/09/2024
Gaza’s GDP Plummeted 81% in the Last Quarter of 2023, Leaving Its Economy in Ruins
Human Wrongs Watch
12 September 2024 (UNCTAD)* — The staggering scale of economic devastation and unprecedented decline in economic activity far surpasses the impact of all previous military confrontations.
© UNRWA | A family carries their belongings as they walk across rubble and ruin in Gaza.
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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released a comprehensive report detailing the profound economic destruction that has gripped the Occupied Palestinian Territory in the aftermath of the Israeli military operation in Gaza that followed the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas.
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13/09/2024
Fighting Cholera: Prevention Efforts for Displaced Families in Yemen
Human Wrongs Watch
By Sherbel Dissi
Over 18.6 million Yemenis, more than half of the total population, currently need humanitarian assistance. Many are living in collective sites or camps for displaced people.
13/09/2024
The Deadly US Weapons of Civilian Destruction
Human Wrongs Watch
– As the devastating 11-month-old conflict in Gaza keeps escalating, with over 41,000 mostly civilian killings, and more than 92,000 Palestinians injured –in retaliation for the 1,200 killings inside Israel last October– the Israelis continue to defy the United States which maintains its uninterrupted flow of heavy weapons to Tel Aviv.
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Much of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed in the conflict. Credit: UNRWA
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13/09/2024
Tens of Thousands of Palestinians Already Living with ‘Chronic Conditions or Impairments’ Are Now at Heightened Risk Due to the Collapse of Critical Services: WHO
Human Wrongs Watch
Over 22,500 have suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ in Gaza
(UN News)* — More than 22,500 people – a quarter of those wounded in Gaza since Israel’s offensive began – have life-changing injuries, requiring rehabilitation services “now and for years to come”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday [].
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