Earth Overshoot Day: Mankind has already consumed more natural resources than the planet can renew throughout 2017
News / 2nd August 2017Humans have already used up their allowance for water, soil, clean air and other resources on Earth for the whole of 2017.
Planet has just 5% chance of reaching Paris climate goal, study says
News / 1st August 2017There is only a 5% chance that the Earth will avoid warming by at least 2C come the end of the century, according to new research that paints a sobering picture of the international effort to stem dangerous climate change.
Yemeni children are trapped in 'worst humanitarian disaster in modern history'
News / 1st August 2017Nearly four out of five children in Yemen are now in need of immediate humanitarian assistance, leading humanitarian groups announced in a joint statement Wednesday. Executive directors from UNICEF, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization said the overwhelming majority of Yemen’s children now face a “vicious combination” of indiscriminate famine and the world’s worst cholera epidemic on record.
'The time to act is now;' end children's suffering in Iraq and across the Middle East – UNICEF
News / 25th July 2017Calling for “immediate care and protection” for children caught up in violence in Iraq’s war torn Mosul and other Middle East conflicts, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today warned that the lives and futures of some 27 million across the region and parts of Africa are at risk.
Poll reveals 85% of Americans oblivious to hunger in Africa and Middle East
News / 17th July 2017Less than a fifth of Americans are aware that extreme hunger threatens the lives of 20 million people in Africa and the Middle East, yet the overwhelming majority regard it as the most pressing global issue once they have been told, a poll of US voters has revealed.