Country: Haiti Sources: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, UN Integrated Office in Haiti In some areas, access to basic services such as treated water, hygiene and sanitation is virtually cut off, reinforcing the conditions conducive to the spread of cholera.

Photo: Pixabay/klassensprecher930 When the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines were raptured in late September, likely as a result of sabotage, large quantities of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, leaked into the Baltic Sea, raising fears of both a environmental catastrophe and a blow to the climate. The two […]

At a symposium convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on agrifood systems transformation in Asia-Pacific, governments, the private sector and other stakeholders are being urged to massively accelerate transformation of their agrifood systems, or risk worsening malnutrition and environmental degradation in the world’s most […]

Hong Kong – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Iris Leung as a corporate/capital markets partner in its Hong Kong office. Leung joins K&L Gates from the Hong Kong office of Linklaters. Both U.S.- and Hong Kong-qualified, Leung has advised issuers and underwriters on a significant number of landmark […]

Country: Haiti Source: UN Children’s Fund The resurgence of cholera in violence-stricken Haiti after three years without a single reported case threatens the well-being and health of 1.2 million children in Port-au-Prince, UNICEF warns.

Photo: Pixabay/lpittman Corals worldwide are facing various threats, the most pressing of which is warming water temperatures, which have increased by nearly 1 degree Celsius in many tropical regions over the past century. Some corals are more resistant than others to thermal stress and so are microscopic algae that live […]

The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) mgomez Mon, 10/03/2022 – 12:27 The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) Conference Africa Japan Ukraine Food Crises Food Systems Climate Change Nutrition Health Science, Technology, and Innovation Virtual Event: […]