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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has estimated the death toll in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict at 25,000, since the war began on October 7 last year.
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About 25,000 die in Israel-Palestine conflict, food scarce: UN body says

HQ Team January 23, 2024: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has estimated the death toll in the ongoing Israel-Palestine.

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The UN climate conference has called for a “transition away” from fossil fuels to cut greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the 1.5 °C target set by the Paris Agreement.
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‘Transitioning away’ from fossil fuels is new COP28 climate change buzzword

HQ Team December 13, 2023: The UN climate conference has called for a “transitioning away” from fossil fuels to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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Even as the UN chief called for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and delivering climate justice, a draft COP28 list doesn’t mention a complete phase-out of fossil fuels anywhere.
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COP28 new draft fails to mention fossil fuel phase out in text 

HQ Team December 11, 2023: Even as the UN chief called for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and delivering climate justice, a draft COP28.

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About $7 trillion in investment, or seven per cent of the global gross domestic product, flows from the public and private sectors into activities that hurt the environment, a UN report stated.
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$7 trillion flows into economic activities that hurt nature: UNEP report

HQ Team December 11, 2023: About $7 trillion in investment, or seven per cent of the global gross domestic product, flows from the public.

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Climate funds sanctioned by nations globally for Indigenous Peoples and local communities tend to “evaporate” when channelled through third parties, according to a report.
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Funds allotted to indigenous people, local communities ‘evaporate’: GATC

HQ Team December 7, 2023: Climate funds sanctioned by nations globally for Indigenous Peoples and local communities tend to “evaporate” when channelled through.

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The ongoing annual UN climate conference in Dubai, COP28, must deliver a bullet train to speed up climate action and stop the current “old caboose chugging over rickety tracks,” UN Climate Chief, Simon Stiell said.
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Get off rickety tracks, deliver a ‘bullet train’ on climate action: UN

HQ Team December 6, 2023: The ongoing annual UN climate conference in Dubai, COP28, must deliver a bullet train to speed up climate.

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Greenhouse gases have “turbocharged” drastic glacier loss and sea-level rise during the past decade and climate shocks are undermining sustainable development, with a dire impact on global food security, displacement, and migration, according to a WMO report.
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Greenhouse gases ‘turbocharged’ glacier loss, sea-level rise: WMO 

HQ Team December 5, 2023: Greenhouse gases have “turbocharged” drastic glacier loss and sea-level rise during the past decade and climate shocks are.

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Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs and kills more children than any other infectious disease. Every day at least one child dies from pneumonia every 43 seconds, according to UNICEF.
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Opinion: Steps for prevention, spread, and monitoring pneumonia

By K. Leelamoni November 5, 2023: Outbreaks of pneumonia affecting children in parts of northern China, the US,  the Netherlands, and Denmark are higher than.

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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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