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March 5, 2020

UN releases US$15 million to help vulnerable countries battle the spread of the coronavirus

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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. […]

January 16, 2020

OPINION: Ten years after earthquake, Haiti still vulnerable to disasters

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* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. In the past decade, Haiti has been hit by drought, cholera, hurricanes and more tremors – and is struggling to protect its people Haiti has had little reprieve from disasters in the past 10 years since […]

January 11, 2020

Climate change: Arctic ice melt makes permafrost vulnerable

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The absence of sea ice in the Arctic is closely connected to the melting of permafrost, according to a new study. Permafrost contains massive amounts of carbon which are likely to be released as […]