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The full year 2023 is set to be the warmest on record with global temperatures rising 1.4 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, as the UN chief called on COP28 nations to set “clear expectations” for climate goals and invest in their implementation. Image Credit: UN
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Record global heat ‘sending shivers down the spines of world leaders’: UN

HQ Team December 1, 2023: The full year 2023 is set to be the warmest on record with global temperatures rising 1.4 degrees.

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The COP28 has reached an agreement to operationalise a fund, known as ‘loss and damage’ to aid developing nations to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change.
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‘Loss and damage’ climate mitigation fund gets going at COP28

HQ Team November 30, 2023: The COP28 has reached an agreement to operationalise a fund, known as ‘loss and damage’ to aid developing.

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At least 101 health workers were killed in Gaza, the largest in UN's history.
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101 UN health workers died during attack on Gaza, the largest in history

HQ Team November 14, 2023: At least 101 health workers, have died in Gaza, in attacks on hospitals and healthcare facilities since the.

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An estimated five billion people will face inadequate access to water at least a month, every year by 2050 as melting snow, ice and glaciers threaten water security, according to a UN report.
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Water crisis to threaten 5 billion people globally by 2050: WMO

HQ Team October 12, 2023: An estimated five billion people will face inadequate access to water at least a month, every year by.

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According to the United Nations, one in ten people worldwide were aged 65 years and above in 2021. By 2050, this number is estimated to be one in six persons globally.
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Opinion: Love, respect on a lone elderly man’s last journey

by Dr K. Leelamoni October 10, 2023: I had a sense of annoyance when I opened the door to greet Boopathy, 39, who.

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UN says 13.4 million babies born preterm globally in 2020, 1m dies
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13.4 million babies born preterm globally in 2020, nearly 1m die: UN

HQ Team October 6, 2023: About 13.4 million babies were born early in 2020, with nearly one million dying from preterm complications, according.

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An emergence of virulent diseases due to rising temperatures, a mass exodus of people fleeing wildfires and distressing scenes of farmers helplessly watching crops washed away are warning signals enough for governments to “hit the fast forward” on combatting climate change, the UN stated.
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‘Humanity has opened the gates to hell,’ says UN chief Guterres

HQ Team September 21, 2023: An emergence of virulent diseases due to rising temperatures, a mass exodus of people fleeing wildfires and distressing.

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Methamphetamine trafficking is expanding rapidly from the EU to Eastern Africa, changing illicit drug markets traditionally focused on opiates from Afghanistan, according to a UN report.
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Illicit meth from Afghanistan a growing global threat: UN body

HQ Team September 12, 20232: Methamphetamine trafficking is expanding rapidly from the EU to Eastern Africa, changing illicit drug markets traditionally focused on.

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Extreme heat due to climate change, combined with wildfires and desert dust, is having a pernicious effect on air quality, human health and the environment, a WMO report stated.
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Severe heat, wildfires, desert dust whirl up air pollution: WMO

HQ Team September 7, 2023: Extreme heat due to climate change, combined with wildfires and desert dust, is having a pernicious effect on.

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About 330,000 migrants and refugees continue to cross the dense tropical jungle between Colombia and Panama risking their lives and facing human rights abuses, the UN stated.
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Refugee crossings through Darien Gap highest ever, says OHCHR

HQ Team September 6, 2023: About 330,000 migrants and refugees continue to cross the dense tropical jungle between Colombia and Panama risking their.

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