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At the COP26 meeting in Glasgow, three UN agencies unveiled a new financing mechanism to boost climate action. Stakeholders of the initiative gathered to announce the creation of the Systematic Observations Finance Facility the SOFF. WMO

The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched today in South Africa the drone hub to focus together with government and partners on building capacity with the aim of using drones for humanitarian purposes. UNTV CH

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of cyclones that threaten both Bangladeshis and the Rohingya refugees living in the hastily constructed settlements in Cox’s Bazar District. UNHCR

Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) said on Wednesday. UNTV CH

Battered by multiple crises in recent years, Haitians who survived the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake are now dealing with crumbled homes, lost livelihoods and limited or no access to food. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is stepping up its ongoing vital support to desperately food-insecure Haitians in the area and working with the Government and partners to extend support to those newly in need. WPF

Young people living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau are the most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health, education, and protection, and exposing them to deadly diseases, according to a UNICEF report launched today. UNICEF

Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh are receiving COVID-19 vaccines as part of a national vaccination drive to curb the spread of the deadly virus. UNHCR

The latest data on climate change from the world’s leading experts in the field indicates that the existential phenomenon is widespread, rapid and intensifying, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said on Monday, while also noting that its worst impacts could be slowed if emissions were reduced quickly. UNTV CH

Adam Abdelmoula, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia and the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefs the media on the humanitarian crisis in Somalia.

The World Food Program’s (WFP) Regional Director in Southern Africa, Lola Castro, said Madagascar is the “only country in the world” facing Integrated Phase Classification-5 (IPC-5) food insecurity without a conflict. She said, “So, basically we have people on the verge of starvation and there is no conflict.” UNIFEED