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A partnership between UNHCR and IKEA Foundation is drawing on the skills of refugees and host communities in Ethiopia’s Melkadida to power a refugee camp. UNHCR

Ahead of COP 28, taking place in Dubai, during the month of November the Secretary-General António Guterres travelled to Nepal and to the Antarctic to highlight the devastating effects of climate change on glaciers and ice shelves. UNIFEED / FILE

At the first ever ‘Health Day’ at a UN climate conference, the World Health Organization Chief said, “Undoubtedly, health stands as the most compelling reason for taking climate action.” UNIFEED

In Kazakhstan, new HIV infections have risen recently among people who inject drugs and men who have sex with men. Recognizing the urgency, community members took action. Because of stigma in the country, accessing PrEP- a preventive treatment for people at risk of HIV- has been a challenge. UNAIDS

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

Humanitarian issues will be central to negotiations at the upcoming 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28). OCHA

A second WHO-led joint UN mission, working in collaboration with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, earlier Sunday evacuated 31 babies from Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza to a hospital in southern Gaza. WHO

The Secretary-General said the new UN Environment Programme report shows that “the emissions gap is more like an emissions canyon.” UNIFEED

Press conference by Juliette Touma, Director of Communications, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and Abeer Etefa, World Food Programme (WFP) Senior Spokeswoman for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe. They briefed reporters virtually on the situation in the region.