Environment

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on famine in Somalia

Somalia has reached a tipping point. The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are at immediate risk, according to the latest food security and nutrition analysis. Famine is unfolding in two areas in the Bay region (Baidoa and Burhakaba districts)...

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Tackling marine pollution: Individual action, key to ocean restoration

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One of the biggest threats to our oceans is man-made pollution.

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World Bank Approves US$20 Million Regional Grant for ASEAN to Combat Marine Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia

The World Bank will support ASEAN Member States to reduce marine plastic pollution with a US$20 million grant for the Southeast Asia Regional Program on Combating Marine Plastics (SEA-MaP), approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors, on...

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UNICEF provides emergency relief as 1.6 million children stranded by floods in Bangladesh

Four million people, including 1.6 million children, stranded by flash floods in north-eastern Bangladesh are in urgent need of help. UNICEF is on the ground to protect children and to deliver emergency water and health supplies.

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