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The Government of the Netherlands dramatically increases its financial commitment to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development to help the agency support small-scale farmers adapt to climate change. IFAD

A new report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) finds more lives are being protected from dangerous climate change but there is a long way to go. Half of countries globally are still not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems. UNDRR

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, “We are living through climate collapse in real-time – and the impact is devastating.” UNIFEED

Despite strides in expanding access to insecticide-treated nets and medicines to help prevent malaria in young children and pregnant women, more people were getting sick with malaria, according to a new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO

Children in Kenya get vaccinated with the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S vaccine, one of the three pilot countries that participated in the Malaria vaccine implementation programme. UNICEF

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “WHO welcomes the extension of the humanitarian pause in the conflict in Gaza, and the release of hostages and prisoners by both sides, the pause has enabled WHO to increase deliveries of medical supplies in Gaza, and to transfer patients from Al-Shifa hospital to other hospitals south of the Wadi Gaza.” WHO

In South Sudan, livestock is a key livelihood for pastoralists like Michael Lokuru Kuri, but their livelihood that is threatened by conflicts due to competition for scarce resources, and by climate change. FAO

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the African Union (AU) is the world body’s “most important” strategic partnership, reiterating that “we must work with the African Union based on the principle of African-led solutions for African problems in all dimensions, peace and security, development, climate change.” UNIFEED

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today that Abdullahi Mire – a former refugee and journalist who has championed the right to education while putting 100,000 books in the hands of refugee children in Kenya – will be the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award’s 2023 global laureate. UNHCR

As World AIDS Day approaches, UNAIDS urges governments to empower grassroots communities worldwide to lead the fight to end AIDS. A new report by UNAIDS, Let Communities Lead, shows that AIDS can be ended as a public health threat by 2030, but only if communities on the frontlines get the full support they need from governments and donors. UNAIDS