At COP27, climate change framed as battle for survival
Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptReuters World leaders and diplomats framed the fight against global warming as a battle for human survival during opening speeches at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Monday, with the head of the United Nations declaring a lack of progress so far had the world speeding down a “highway to hell”. The […]
Essay: COP27 – five things to expect from this year’s UN climate summit
JEN ALLEN, a lecturer in environmental politics at Cardiff University in the UK, looks at what’s up for discussion at COP27 in Egypt…
We need cash to adapt, Kenyan slum dwellers tell COP26 president
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Rich countries must provide more finance to help the poor cope with the impact of global warming, residents of Kenya’s biggest informal settlement told the president of the COP26 global climate talks as he visited on Friday. Alok Sharma, president of the United Nations conference, was visiting a community-led project in […]
Explainer: Can coronavirus vaccines reach developing countries?
Thomson Reuters Foundation Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is more stable than expected at temperatures that ordinary refrigerators can provide and can be distributed using existing cold-chain shipping and storage infrastructure. That opens the door for its early use in hard to reach places that might not be appropriate for Pfizer Inc’s vaccine which needs ultra-cold storage. Vials labelled “COVID-19 […]
WHO tells rich countries : stop cutting the vaccines queue
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The head of the World Health Organization said on Friday there is a “clear problem” that low- and middle-income countries are not yet receiving supplies of COVID-19 vaccines and urged countries to stop striking bilateral deals with manufacturers. “Rich countries have the majority of the supply,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in […]
Poor countries face $US168 billion interest bill due to climate change
Thomson Reuters Foundation Poor countries could have to pay up to $US168 billion more in interest over the next decade as extreme weather events brought on by climate change affect their credit ratings, a study said on Monday. Nations that rely heavily on agriculture are likely to suffer as global temperatures rise, bringing more storms, […]
Aid spending stagnates as rich countries shift focus from refugees to poor nations
Thomson Reuters Foundation Rich nations spent more on helping poor countries last year but less on refugees at home, leading to stagnation in overall aid expenditure – which remains well below United Nations’ targets. Figures released on Monday showed that official development assistance was $US146.6 billion, down 0.6 per cent on 2016, according to the […]