The Rapidly-Evolving Impact of COVID-19
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UN-Habitat COVID-19 Readiness and Responsiveness Tracker
In association with CitiQ, the UN-Habitat has launched a new data platform to provide information from cities around the world to help develop response strategies and protect the population.
How can we address housing insecurity during the pandemic? – The Urban Institute Podcast
In the first of a series of podcasts on how the pandemic will affect vulnerable populations, host Justin Milner speaks with Mary Cunningham, vice president of the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center and researcher Samantha Batko about how the pandemic impacts those experiencing homelessness, those on the edge of becoming homeless and what policymakers can do to help.
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COP28: Over 60 countries pledge to slash cooling emissions amid rising temperatures | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
With rising temperatures leading to demand for more air conditioners and other cooling equipment, a new UN report launched Tuesday at COP28 climate talks in Dubai lays out a pathway to cut emissions across the cooling sector worldwide.
UN cites ‘alarming surge’ in climate change over the past decade as COP28 pushes for global emissions cuts | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The past decade has been confirmed the warmest ever recorded, continuing an alarming 30-year trend that the UN weather chief said on Tuesday is “unequivocally driven by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.”
COP28: Tuesday’s climate action in Dubai | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The UN climate conference will continue its work on Tuesday focusing on issues that include scaling up financing for the Paris Agreement, slashing emissions in the cooling sector, ensuring a climate resilient energy sector and a dialogue with indigenous peoples.
COP28: Methane pledge by the ‘giants behind the climate crisis’ falls short, says Guterres | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday sent a strong message to the oil and gas industry: the pledges made at COP28 in Dubai fall well short of what it takes to meaningfully tackle the climate crisis.
COP28: The climate crisis is also a health crisis | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Health has made it to the agenda of a UN climate conference, and health advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Sunday said the topic was long overdue for discussion because climate inaction is costing lives and impacting health every single day.
COP28: UN chief previews panel on management of minerals essential for green energy transition | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday announced his plan to set up a panel aimed to ensure the move from fossil fuels towards renewable energy is just, sustainable and benefits all countries.
Tackling health impacts of climate change and scaling up digital climate action in the spotlight at COP28 | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Delegates at COP28 in Dubai on Saturday called for stronger and more resilient global health systems, which are indispensable to protecting populations from the negative impacts of climate change on health.
COP28: As ‘humanity’s fate hangs in the balance’, UN chief calls for urgent action to prevent planetary crash | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Earth’s vital signs are failing and to prevent planetary crash and burn, “we need…cooperation and political will”, UN Secretary General António Guterres said on Friday, challenging world leaders gathered in Dubai for COP28 to show real global climate...
Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, new FAO report highlights | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Agrifood systems and the communities that support and depend on them are on the front lines of loss and damage linked to climate change, a new report released on Friday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed.
Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief calls COP28 to action | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered for the COP28 conference which opened in Dubai on Thursday must get us out of “deep trouble”, UN chief António Guterres said.