UN Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock today released US$15 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help fund global efforts to contain the COVID-19 virus. The announcement came as the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded the global risk of the coronavirus outbreak to “very high” – its top level of risk assessment. […]
Agencies As none of the countries assessed is already on a path compatible with the Paris climate targets, the first three places of the ranking remain unoccupied, the authors noted. India, for the first time, ranks among the top 10 in this year’s Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) presented on Tuesday at the COP25 climate […]
NEW DELHI: Nine countries including Australia, United Kingdom, Italy and Sri Lanka have decided to join India’s global initiative on building disaster resilient infrastructure as a key adaptation measure to fight the disastrous consequences of climate change. These countries have conveyed their willingness to join this global platform – Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) […]
NEW DELHI: Nine countries including Australia, United Kingdom, Italy and Sri Lanka have decided to join India’s global initiative on building disaster resilient infrastructure as a key adaptation measure to fight the disastrous consequences of climate change. These countries have conveyed their willingness to join this global platform – Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) […]
A recent report showed that 12.6 percent of people aged 65 and over in OECD countries are living in relative income poverty. That is defined as an income below half the national median equivalised household income. Older women are at greater risk of poverty than men with “the older old” (75 and older) falling on hard times […]
