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A UN report finds 252 million hectares are being restored in 149 countries, creating over a million green jobs, but annual financing must rise from $64 billion to $296 billion to achieve 2030 targets.
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A UN special rapporteur reports at least 8,384 civilian deaths since the 2021 coup, with the military’s “Four Cuts” doctrine and a growing illicit economy blocking aid and financing further violence.
Humanitarian aid
A US‑brokered ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, offers a brief window for safe evacuation, yet repeated drone strikes on humanitarian vehicles and power outages keep civilians in peril.
Climate & resilience
UN agencies report that climate‑driven warming has already cut the ocean’s carbon‑absorption capacity by approximately six per cent, weakening its role in soaking up around 30 per cent of human CO₂ and about 90 per cent of excess heat, and call for expanded ocean monitoring, blue‑carbon ecosystems and support for vulnerable island nations.
Humanitarian aid
A year after the Category‑5 storm that hit more than half of Jamaica’s population, the Jamaica Red Cross has assisted over 91,000 people, but many families remain displaced and livelihoods are still fragile.
Health
A year after Hurricane Melissa hit eastern Cuba, the Cuban Red Cross has helped over 35,000 vulnerable people, but prolonged blackouts keep straining health care, water and food security, while an under‑funded IFRC appeal limits further recovery.
Health
In Mari El, the Russian Red Cross has partnered with survivor Tatyana Sizhuk to build a peer‑counselling network that offers emotional and practical support to women battling breast cancer, extending care from hospital corridors to remote villages.
Humanitarian aid
A drone strike on Dnipro’s main railway station killed at least 13 civilians and injured 10, while attacks on Ukraine’s rail network rise sharply and evacuation plans for Oleshky face mined‑road obstacles and limited aid.
Health
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded over 10,000 Ebola cases and nearly 5,000 deaths, with more than 2,600 recoveries, as the outbreak spreads to eight provinces. In Kenya, a UN fund of over $2 million supports surveillance and quarantine after nine linked cases.
Displacement
Around 36,600 Ethiopians have crossed into northern Kenya after renewed fighting on the Ethiopian side of the border, with nearly 11,000 sheltering in a church compound and the rest hosted by local communities facing limited resources.
Humanitarian aid
UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned that over 70 % of Gaza is inaccessible, Ukrainian civilians face intensified drone attacks on essential services, and at least 71 UN staff are detained by Houthis, urging stronger compliance with international humanitarian law.
Humanitarian aid
WFP’s new executive director, Luke Lindberg, argues that reducing conflict—responsible for two‑thirds of the 266 million people in acute food insecurity—is the most effective way to curb global hunger, while also warning that El Niño could add 49 million more people to the crisis and highlighting funding gaps.
