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A top UN official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas said that in Ukraine, “the past few weeks have seen a pattern of escalation of attacks on critical infrastructure, including attacks on energy infrastructure, across the country.” UNIFEED

Ahead of COP 28, beginning at the end of the month in Dubai, Secretary-General António Guterres traveled to China and Nepal during the month of October to highlight the urgency of reducing emissions to combat climate change. UNIFEED / FILE

Every single day 20,000 children have been displaced by floods, storms, wildfires, or droughts, UNICEF said. UNICEF

Addressing a youth event to celebrate the International Day of Peace, United Nations Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas said, “peace and sustainable development are inextricably linked. You cannot have one without the other. And you cannot have either without the participation of everyone.” UNIFEED

An official from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said that extreme rainfall has caused devastating flooding and loss of life in Libya with an estimate of 3,000 people who have died and up to 10,000 people that are recorded to be missing in the massive floods which have overwhelmed on 10 September eastern parts of the country. UNTV CH

As sweltering conditions continue to grip large parts of Europe, temperatures have “reached new heights” in Switzerland, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Tuesday. UNTV CH

The fabric of society in southwest Pacific and beyond is “unravelling” because of the effects of our warming climate and weather-related disasters, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Friday. UNTV CH

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) top official said, “conflict in Sudan is further exacerbating an already challenging health and hunger situation,” and it has “dramatically increased the number of people at highest risk of hunger – from 11.7 to 19.1 million people.” WHO

Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, said that negative trends in weather patterns may continue until the 2060s “independently of our success in climate mitigation.” UNTV CH

Over a million people across Mozambique’s eight provinces have been affected by the compounding effects of cholera, cyclone Freddy and its floods, polio, Covid-19 and a protracted humanitarian crisis in the north, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said. UNTV CH