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Transport infrastructure's link to climate change

Since September, heavy rainfalls and floods have devastated many parts of Thailand, affecting nearly 40% of the country. Roads were closed, transport was disrupted. Standing in knee-deep waters, the navy helped carry the elderly and vulnerable, while others resorted to boats for transportation.

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Violent extremism could beckon in north-western Nigeria if local dynamics are ignored

In January 2022, in a bid to stem a tide of violent attacks and kidnappings in north-western Nigeria, the government labelled the armed groups involved in the violence “terrorists”.

The Conversation

New homes spark joy, caution for hundreds of Boko Haram survivors

Boko Haram activity has displaced thousands in northeast Nigeria, but some are being resettled in their old villages.

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Adults urged to be kinder to LGBTQI youths

Youths who identify as LGBTQI face a higher risk of discrimination both at home and in public, so youth activists are calling on adults to be more proactive in providing support and empathy for LGBTQI youths.

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Climate and debt crises converge for half of the world's poorest

Countries home to half of the world's poorest people are facing a systemic debt crisis that will significantly diminish their ability to fight the impacts of climate change, a UN report warned on Tuesday.

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Serious debt crisis unfolding across developing countries - UNDP

The United Nations' Development Programme (UNDP) joined on Tuesday the chorus of institutions and charities warning that a serious debt crisis is now taking hold in the poorest parts of the world.

Reuters

UN: 54 Poor Nations Urgently Need Debt Relief

Cascading global crises have left 54 countries -- home to more than half of the world's poorest people -- in dire need of debt relief, the UN said Tuesday. In a new report, the United Nations Development Program warned that dozens of developing nations were facing a rapidly deepening debt…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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KSrelief Signs Cooperation Program with UNDP

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has signed a cooperation program with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in New York, the Saudi Press Agency reported Saturday. The Center was represented by the Advisor at the Royal Court, the Supervisor General of the Center, Dr.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistan PM says ‘all hell will break loose’ without debt relief

As Pakistan reels under unprecedented flood crisis, Shehbaz Sharif appeals for debt relief and more global aid.

Al Jazeera

India will do its best to promote South-South cooperation: United Nations envoy Ruchira Kamboj

Ambassador Kamboj was speaking at a joint side event hosted by UN Political and Peacebuilding and UN Development Programme on South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Peace and Development at the ‘Global South-South Development Expo’.

The Hindu

Decades of human progress set back by global crises, UN warns

A United Nations report published Thursday argues that an unprecedented array of crises, chiefly among them Covid-19, has set human progress back five years and fueled a global wave of uncertainty.

Radio France Internationale

India ranks 132 in UNDP's Human Development Index, amid a global fall

Drop in score is in line with the global trend since the outbreak of COVID-19

The Hindu

Human progress retreats to 2016 levels by COVID, other crises: UN

UNDP says the Human Development Index has declined for two straight years for the first time in its history.

Al Jazeera

UN Report: Human Development Set Back 5 Years by Covid, Other Crises

A United Nations report published Thursday argues that an unprecedented array of crises, chiefly among them Covid-19, has set human progress back five years and fueled a global wave of uncertainty. The UN Development Program (UNDP) announced that for the first time since it was created over 30 years ago,…

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Human development set back 5 years by Covid, other crises - UN report

UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations report published on Thursday argues that an unprecedented array of crises, chiefly among them Covid-19, has set human progress back five years and fueled a global wave of uncertainty.

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Fiji becomes first Pacific nation to recognise waste pickers as the world's invisible environmentalists fight to be seen

Despite playing a vital role in combating climate change and plastics pollution, waste pickers worldwide face discrimination and harassment. Now the fight is on to end the scavenger stigma.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UNDP Official in Afghanistan to Asharq Al-Awsat: Taliban, ISIS Locked in Brutal War

The UNDP’s Resident Representative in Kabul, Afghanistan, Abdullah Dardari, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the political dialogue between the international body and the Taliban was constructive and making progress before the latter issued a decision to ban girls from education. Dardari noted that the Taliban is fighting a vicious and explicit…

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Farmers to get AI inputs on climate change

DiCRA latest addition to Digital Public Goods Registry: TS govt, UNDP

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Indian model of SDG localisation is relevant: NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Suman Bery

He said the achievements in India in the last six-seven years are captured and driven by the SDGs.

The Hindu

Inflation impact on India’s poor negligible, says FM citing UNDP report

Well-tailored programmes to ensure people don’t run the risk of slipping into poverty seem to have made an impact, she says

The Independent UK

Ukraine war helps push 71 million into poverty due to soaring food and oil prices, UN says

The United Nations Development Programme warns the cost of living impact ‘almost without precedent in a generation’

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Inflation plunged 71 million into poverty since Ukraine war

UN Development Programme report finds surge in commodity prices hitting parts of world’s regions hard.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Inflation Pushed 71M People Into Poverty Since Ukraine War

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Development Program said in a report Thursday. The UNDP estimates that 51.6 million more people fell…

The Independent UK

Inflation pushed 71M people into poverty since Ukraine war

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s war in Ukraine

Reuters

Cost-of-living crisis driving 'breathtaking' surge in extreme poverty - UNDP

The global cost-of-living crisis is pushing an additional 71 million people in the world's poorest countries into extreme poverty, a new report published by the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday has warned.

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