World unites at UN Environment Assembly to combat ‘triple planetary crisis’

adminFebruary 26, 2024September 18, 202405 mins

More than 7,000 delegates from 182 countries are scheduled to take part in the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) which runs through Friday. Delegates are convening in the Kenyan capital as climate change intensifies, a million species face the risk of extinction, and pollution remains among the world’s leading causes of…

Haiti: Children facing triple threat of insecurity, malnutrition, disease

adminOctober 4, 2023September 16, 202405 mins

Over five million Haitians, including a record three million children, need humanitarian support in 2023. Nearly five million are acutely hungry, UNICEF said, adding the dire situation is “terrorizing children and families and destroying livelihoods amid unprecedented hunger, malnutrition and a resurgent cholera epidemic.” Haiti was among the top five countries globally in terms…