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Governments Falling 90 percent Short of Climate Adaptation Finance Needs
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 3 (IPS) - Governments are falling 90 percent short of adaptation finance targets and leaving people in climate-vulnerable communities drastically under-equipped to cope with the devastating impacts of climate change, Oxfam warns ahead of Bonn climate talks (8-18 June).
GEF Pushes Innovation, Blended Finance Ahead of the Eighth Assembly
- Inter Press Service
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 3 (IPS) - As the Global Environment Facility (GEF) steps into the starting blocks of its next financial cycle, the Interim CEO Claude Gascon reflects on what he termed a “moment of transition and delivery”.
A Larger, Older, and More Diverse Population
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, June 3 (IPS) - In 2026, the population of the United States is significantly larger, older, and more diverse than it was 250 years ago when the country declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on July 4, 1776.
People With Albinism Face Discrimination, Danger
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, June 3 (IPS) - When Patricia J. looks for work or shops at the outdoor markets near her home in rural Malawi, fear still follows her. Years after surviving two attacks linked to harmful beliefs about albinism, she says she remains constantly alert. “I still carry the fear that at any moment I can be attacked again,” she told us as we did research about conditions for people with albinism.
Russia Ensuring Africa’s Food Security
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, June 3 (IPS) - Within the framework of the Expert Council on Africa at Russia’s State Duma, the lower chamber of parliamentarians, during its annual round-table conference, held in late May 2026, focused concretely on food security in Africa.
Unsafe food kills 1.5 million people each year; children most at risk: WHO
- UN News
Unsafe food causes an estimated 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths every year worldwide, highlighting the often-overlooked toll of contaminated food on health, development and fragile economies, according to new data from the UN health agency.
Yemen: Hunger crisis deepens as funding cuts leave millions without support
- UN News
Nearly half of the population in Government-controlled areas of Yemen are facing high levels of acute food insecurity with the crisis set to deepen further if international aid cuts continue, according to the latest analysis by the leading UN-backed global food security platform.
Regional health agency issues measles alert for World Cup
- UN News
As World Cup fever rises in the Americas, countries are urged to strengthen measles surveillance and vaccination amid ongoing outbreaks across the region.
Growing up with sirens: UN child rights envoy on the toll of the Ukraine-Russia war
- UN News
Children in Ukraine have been profoundly impacted by years of war, sheltering in underground schools – or forced to study online – and living with the psychological strain of constant air raid sirens that could spell death for them and their families.
World News in Brief: UN urges restraint as Gulf tensions rise, fear and uncertainty in Lebanon, hunger grows in the Sahel
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed alarm on Tuesday over reported overnight exchanges of fire between the United States and Iran, as well as reports that Iran targeted Kuwait and Bahrain.
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