As recently as May almost half of WHO's 194 member nations said they "still lacked essential elements of preparedness for radiation emergencies," according to senior agency officials.
Days after the Doomsday Clock moved closer to the symbolic hour of apocalpyse, the World Health Organization released an updated list of medicine and other items for nations to stockpile in case of a radiological or nuclear emergency.
WHO's new policy advice on Friday for catastrophic radiation exposures comes near the one-year mark of Russia's war in Ukraine, which has raised the risk of a nuclear confrontation with the West.
An internal audit found a US$31 million funding gap and deficiencies in U.N. Climate Change's Transparency Division.
Emissions must decrease 42% by 2030 to keep the 1.5° target alive. Instead, they're expected to rise 3% by then.
Heat-trapping gases keep collecting in the atmosphere at a record rate, the U.N. weather agency found.
Government plans would blow past limits needed to limit warming to 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
An internal audit found a US$31 million funding gap and deficiencies in U.N. Climate Change's Transparency Division.
The U.N. and other aid agencies scrambled to step up relief as Israel and Hamas began a four-day truce.
Emissions must decrease 42% by 2030 to keep the 1.5° target alive. Instead, they're expected to rise 3% by then.
Oil and plastic producing nations and lobbyists sought more emphasis on recycling instead of production cuts.
