Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — The UN chief on Thursday [] described the continued lack of effective protection for civilians in Gaza during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas as “unconscionable”.
13/09/2024
Atmosphere of ‘Desperation, Extreme Fear and Trauma’ Envelops Women of Sudan
Human Wrongs Watch
By Abdelmonem Makki
(UN News)* — An atmosphere of desperation, extreme fear and trauma envelops the women of Sudan in a conflict that has left half of its 50-million-person population in dire need of assistance, according to Laila Baker, a senior regional director from the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA.
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10/09/2024
Cooking Smoke Kills Millions Every Year. Here’s What the World Can Do about That
Human Wrongs Watch
5 September 2024 (UNEP)* — For billions of people across the developing world, particularly children and women, mealtime starts by firing up a kerosene stove, lighting a charcoal grill or setting some logs ablaze.
Credit: Robert Harding via AFP/Lee Frost
The problem: much of this cooking happens inside and the smoke it produces is laced with toxic particles. This type of household air pollution led to 3.1 million premature deaths in 2021 and is part of a larger crisis driving climate change and biodiversity loss.
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10/09/2024
Tackling Climate Change Will Be a Pyrrhic Victory If We Lose Sight of the Poor
Human Wrongs Watch
– Last July, we were confronted with alarming statistics: 733 million people experienced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally.
In Africa it was even higher, with one in five people going hungry. Climate change is a significant driver of this crisis.
09/09/2024
Vicious Circle of Climate Change, Wildfires and Air Pollution Has Major Impacts – World Meteorological Organization
Human Wrongs Watch
05 September 2024 (WMO)* — A vicious cycle of climate change, wildfires and air pollution is having a spiralling negative impact on human health, ecosystems and agriculture, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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The WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin includes a special focus on wildfires. It also looks at global and regional concentrations of particulate matter pollution and its harmful effects on crops in 2023.
09/09/2024
Climate Change: ‘Graveyard of Glaciers’ Lays bare Existential Threat of Melting Ice
Human Wrongs Watch
By Árni Snævarr
Iceland´s glaciers are retreating so rapidly that future generations may wonder how the ancient island nation got its name. No surprise then that the land of the Vikings was chosen to house the world’s first global glacier graveyard which was unveiled at a ceremony last month, close to the capital Reykjavik.
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09/09/2024
The World Must ‘Wake Up and Help Sudan Out of the Nightmare of Conflict’ – World Health Organization
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Sudan’s health system is “near collapse” after 16 months of war have left the country and its people facing what the UN’s top health official described on Sunday [] as the “perfect storm of crises”, which the world is largely ignoring.
08/09/2024
Private Donations Boost UN Support for War-Torn Gaza
Human Wrongs Watch
By Maria Carlino and Eileen Travers
(UN News)* — From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the UN agency supplying a lifeline to two million Palestinians trapped in war-torn Gaza.
08/09/2024
Bangladesh: “Catastrophic and Massive Floods” Have Affected over 18 Million People
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Recent “catastrophic and massive floods” in Bangladesh have affected millions of people across the country, including those in Cox’s Bazar where nearly one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar live alongside host communities, spokesperson William Spindler told journalists in Geneva on Friday [].
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