COP27 draws attention to Egypt’s repressive regime
8/11/2022: The COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh has triggered a negative fallout for Egypt’s authoritarian regime which stands accused of human rights abuses. At least 151 detainees are currently being investigated by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, while hundreds more have faced shorter arrests and questioning.
Source: Inter Press Service
UN rights expert calls for end to discrimination against poverty
7/11/2022: The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights believes that progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals depends on stamping out negative attitudes towards the millions of people worldwide who are struggling just to get by.
Source: UN News
Will Ethiopia’s shaky Tigray truce hold?
8/11/2022: There is a renewed effort by mediators from the African Union to ensure that last week's ceasefire agreement to end Ethiopia's Tigray conflict holds. Past failures to ensure previous truces held have forced representatives from the warring parties to recommit to a new round of talks in Nairobi.
Source: DW
Climate loss and damage: what does compensation look like?
2/11/2022: The question of payments for loss and damage has been a long-standing point of negotiation at UN climate conferences. With the terrible flooding in Pakistan fresh in the memory, many developing countries are looking to COP27 as a crucial moment for making progress.
Source: The Conversation
UN warns of hunger crisis in South Sudan
3/11/2022: UN food agencies have warned that hunger and malnutrition are on the rise across the flood, drought, and conflict-affected areas of South Sudan. They project that 2.9 million people will be on the brink of starvation during the April-July 2023 lean season.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
The role of automation in global agriculture
2/11/2022: The 2022 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture, a flagship UN report, looks at how automation in our agrifood systems can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. Policy recommendations seek to balance the gains in productivity with the implications for marginalized and vulnerable groups.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Antarctic Ocean Commission fails to deliver ocean sanctuaries
4/11/2022: The annual meeting of the Antarctic Ocean Commission has failed to reach consensus on creating three large Marine Protected Areas for the Antarctic Peninsula, East Antarctica and the Weddell Sea, despite support from an overwhelming majority of governments.
Source: Greenpeace International
The return of M23: Is there a way out for the DRC?
1/11/2022: After three decades of conflict and meddling in the eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, relationships in the region are characterised by distrust and disrespect. Mediation efforts must address the entrenched drivers of violence in the Great Lakes.
Source: African Arguments
COP27: Only together can we win
1/11/2022: A leading climate activist from India calls on wealthy countries to restore trust in collective leadership at COP27. The world can do this by commitment to financing climate loss and damage that the countries of the South are experiencing.
Source: DownToEarth
UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2022
1/11/2022: UNEP's annual climate adaptation report is titled: Too Little, Too Slow – Climate adaptation failure puts world at risk. Finance flows to developing countries for adaptation are a small fraction of the requirement. Estimated annual adaptation needs are $160-340 billion by 2030.
Source: UN Environment Programme