"FARMERS"

At a press conference in Ouagadougou, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Burkina Faso is in the “grips of not one but several major, intersecting crises” adding that the management of these crises could have “repercussions for peace and security and human rights for millions of people in the country, in the region and beyond.” OHCHR

On Tuesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet visited Dori, where she met with community and religious leaders, local government officials and people displaced due to the effects of armed conflict and climate change. OHCHR

As the Afghan people confront widespread drought, rural dislocation and economic upheaval, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is providing critical life-saving assistance to farmers and herders, but also urging far greater support for agricultural production to feed the Afghan people. FAO

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

At the Young Activists Summit in Geneva today, six young people with inspirational plans for our world came to the United Nations to share their hopes and dreams, and to show other young people what could be achieved when a vision of making the world a better place becomes reality. UNTV CH

Relations between Choa Arab herders and Musgum fishermen and farmers have deteriorated as rains diminish on the Logone-Birni floodplain, drying up the rivers and seasonal ponds both groups rely on for their livelihoods. UNHCR

New findings indicate the food crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shows little sign of abating, and could worsen in the coming months without scaled-up assistance, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned today. WFP

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Bangladesh is ranked seventh in the Global Climate Risk Index for countries most affected by extreme weather in the past two decades. The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is calling on governments to invest more to help the world’s poorest farmers to adapt to erratic weather. IFAD

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