Poor states use food crisis fight to get big power attention at UN
United NationsReuters In his speech opening the annual United Nations gathering of world leaders this week, Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres vowed – to applause – that he would “not give up” trying to get food and fertiliser from Russia and Ukraine to global markets. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, 2022, the United Nations blamed the […]
Building resilience: As world’s poor face “compounding crises”, what could curb risks?
LAURIE GOERING, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that while climate change impacts threaten to overwhelm humanitarian aid systems, changes in how money is moved could help…
Davos 2023: Climate change leads to more malaria, tuberculosis up in a recession
Davos, SwitzerlandReuters Climate change is increasing malaria infections, the executive director of the world’s biggest health fund said in Davos on Monday. Huge surges in malaria infections followed recent floods in Pakistan and cyclones in Mozambique in 2021, said Peter Sands, the executive director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. “Whenever […]
Analysis – In final week of COP27 climate talks, success hinges on ‘loss and damage’
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters This year’s COP27 climate summit in Egypt headed into its final week on Monday with nearly 200 countries racing to strike a deal to steer the world towards cutting planet-warming emissions and scale up finance for countries being ravaged by climate impacts. Some negotiators and observers warn that failure to agree […]
COP27: Polluters must pay for climate change, poor nations tell rich
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters Leaders from poor countries criticised wealthy governments and oil companies for driving global warming, using their speeches on Tuesday at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt to demand that they pay up for damages being inflicted on their economies. Small island states already buffeted by increasingly violent ocean storms and sea-level […]
COP27 kicks off with deal to discuss climate compensation
Sharm el Sheikh, EgyptReuters Delegates from nearly 200 countries kicked off the UN climate summit in Egypt on Sunday with an agreement to discuss compensating poor nations for mounting damage linked to global warming, placing the controversial topic on the agenda for the first time since climate talks began decades ago. The agreement set a […]
Essay: Russia/Ukraine grain export deal promises major benefits for poor countries. If it holds
In an article first published on The Conversation, WANDILE SIHLOBO, a senior fellow in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, looks at what the deal between Ukraine and Russia signed last week means…
COVID-19 vaccine scheme for world’s poorest pushes for delivery slowdown
London, UKReuters Leaders of the global scheme aiming to get COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest are pushing manufacturers including Pfizer and Moderna to cut or slow deliveries of about half a billion shots so doses are not wasted. COVAX, the World Health Organization-led scheme, wants between 400 and 600 million fewer vaccines doses than […]
Essay: Heat waves hit the poorest people hardest – a new study calculates the future impact on those least able to adapt
In an article published on The Conversation, academics MOJTABA SADEGH, JOHN ABATZOGLOU, AND MOHAMMAD REZA ALIZADEH look at why poorer nations face some of the greatest risks from climate change…
G20 leaders endorse tax deal, pledge more vaccines for the poor
Rome, ItalyReuters Leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies endorsed on Saturday a global minimum tax aimed at stopping big business from hiding profits in tax havens, and also agreed to get more COVID vaccines to poorer nations. Attending their first in-person summit in two years, G20 leaders broadly backed calls to extend debt relief […]