World Health Organization leaders agree COVID-19 remains an emergency but the pandemic may be approaching "an inflection point" of higher immunity resulting in fewer deaths.
GENEVA (AN) – The head of the World Health Organization took the advice of his expert advisers, agreeing to hold off on declaring the COVID-19 pandemic is over.
Despite his belief that the emergency situation needs to come to an end sometime this year, WHO's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Monday that now is not the time to let up the pressure.
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.
