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The humanitarian impact of the climate crisis is under the spotlight in Dubai. In a COP first, UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA inaugurated on Saturday the Humanitarian Hub, which will host more than 40 humanitarian events organized by dozens of organizations, including international and local NGOs as well as academic and financial institutions. OCHA

At the G77 plus China summit at COP28, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, announced the creation of a panel focused on principles for extracting minerals that are “critical for the clean energy revolution.” UNIFEED

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

“I must echo loud and clear what our colleagues in Gaza have just stressed. The bombs have got to stop. Again civilians are living a nightmare. Again we are receiving reports of bombings in northern Gaza, in the middle of Gaza. Reports of leaflets being dropped on Khan Younis telling civilians to flee,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office. UNTV CH

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

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

The maternity ward at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, is desperately struggling to meet the needs of pregnant women and newborns. UNFPA

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