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800% increase in UN appeal needs for extreme weather-related emergencies over last 20 years – new Oxfam research
The amount of money needed for UN humanitarian appeals involving extreme weather events like floods or drought is now eight times higher than 20 years ago – and donors are failing to keep up, reveals a new Oxfam brief today. For every $2 needed for UN extreme weather-related appeals, donor countries are only providing $1. …
Pandemic creates new billionaire every 30 hours — now a million people could fall into extreme poverty at same rate in 2022
As the cost of essential goods rises faster than it has in decades, billionaires in the food and energy sectors are increasing their fortunes by $1 billion dollars every two days For every new billionaire created during the pandemic — one every 30 hours — nearly a million people could be pushed into extreme poverty…
One person dying from hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged East Africa as world fails warnings
One person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, according to estimates by Oxfam and Save the Children in a report published today highlighting the world’s repeated failure to stave off preventable disasters. More than a decade since the delayed response to the 2011 famine that killed more…
Governments falling woefully short on goal to vaccinate 70 per cent in each country by September
Vaccine Access Still a Concern as President Biden Hosts Second COVID Summit World leaders have not done enough to achieve their goal of vaccinating 70 per cent of people in each country by September, campaigners with the People’s Vaccine Alliance warned ahead of the second virtual summit on COVID-19 hosted by US President Biden along…