As rich countries continue to emit greenhouse gasses at their highest-ever concentration levels, extreme weather is decimating more and more parts of the world. Time is running out for millions of people who are already losing their lives, their homes and their livelihoods to climate change. These people have contributed least to the global climate […]

Addis Ababa, 4 August 2021:  The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator , Martin Griffiths, concluded his six-day visit to Ethiopia yesterday evening, his first official mission since he assumed office in mid-July. While in Ethiopia, the humanitarian chief held constructive meetings with the Federal Government, the Amhara regional president, the African Union, […]

Afghanistan The UN is deeply concerned about the safety and protection of people in Lashkargah, in southern Afghanistan, where tens of thousands of people could be trapped by fighting. The ongoing fighting in Hilmand and Kandahar provinces has led to the displacement of civilians to adjacent calmer areas within the provincial capitals and neighbouring districts. […]