FILE PHOTO: Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney attends a news conference in London, Britain March 11, 2020. Peter Summers/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoGLASGOW (Reuters) – UN climate envoy Mark Carney called on Wednesday for more blended finance facilities to
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Africa calls for climate finance tracker after donors fall short
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – African countries want a new system to track funding from wealthy nations that are failing to meet a $100-billion annual target to help the developing world tackle climate change, Africa’s lead climate negotiator said.FILE PHOTO: A protester
China to kick off UN biodiversity summit, virtually
PARIS (AFP) – China will on Monday (Oct 11) launch a crucial biodiversity summit to build political momentum to halt and even reverse the destruction of nature by man. As the human population climbs toward nine billion by mid-century, animals
UN reports 'unprecedented' malnutrition in Tigray
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – The UN has warned of “unprecedented” malnutrition among pregnant and lactating women in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region in a report published hours after the government sparked outrage by expelling senior UN officials. The latest situation report
World leaders will hold closed-door climate meet at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host a closed-door meeting of world leaders at the sidelines of the General Assembly in New York on Monday (Sept 20) to boost climate
Afghanistan: UN rights chief warns of summary executions and restrictions on womens rights
The UN high commissioner for human rights has warned that she has credible reports of “summary executions” and restrictions imposed on women in areas of Afghanistan under Taliban control. Michelle Bachelet called on the Human Rights Council to take “bold
COVID-19: Kim Jong Un berates North Koreas top officials over great crisis in coronavirus response
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has berated his country’s top officials for creating a “great crisis” through failures in coronavirus prevention, according to state media. The secretive state’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim had used a
Kim Jong Un: North Korean leaders emaciated appearance leaves nation heartbroken, says state media report
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s apparent weight loss which has left him “looking emaciated” is said to have broken the nation’s heart “so much”. The tightly controlled state media quoted an unidentified resident of the country’s capital Pyongyang who
UN urges global Covid-19 vaccine plan, warns of dangerous inequity
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The United Nations on Wednesday (Feb 17) led calls for a coordinated global effort to vaccinate against Covid-19, warning that gaping inequities in initial efforts put the whole planet at risk. Foreign ministers met virtually for
Ethiopia conflict: UN calls for ceasefire as 200,000 refugees expected in Sudan
The United Nations has called for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia, as it expects 200,000 refugees to escape to Sudan in the coming months. With more than one million refugees already in Sudan, the east African country is struggling to