As climate change causes more frequent, extreme, and unpredictable weather events, investment in early warning systems that target multiple hazards is more urgent than ever. Since the unprecedented volcano and tsunami disaster of 15 January 2022 in the Kingdom of Tonga, and the subsequent nearly year-long State of Emergency, the people of Tonga are tragically aware of the dangers and risks they face. This...
On the margins of UNGA, Prime Minister Trudeau announced $1.21 billion in new funding at the pledging conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria’s Seventh Replenishment, hosted by the President of the United States, Joe Biden. This funding, a 30 per cent increase from the last pledge, will fight these diseases and help meet the Global Fund’s goal of saving 20 million lives over the next three...
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The National Weather Service have advised that the current drought conditions in much of the country are expected to continue until the end of September or early October. Provinces at severe drought risk include Bougainville, Central, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Jiwaka, Madang, Morobe, National Capital District, Western Highlands, West New Britain, and West Sepik. As the...
Ministers, participants and experts highlighted that climate change already threatens food security, access to water and many other sources of livelihood of millions of people. Approximately 3.3 to 3.6 billion people live in contexts that are highly vulnerable to climate change. The IPCC’s WG II of the incoming sixth assessment report recognizes that there are already limits to...
