UN deputy aid chief calls for strengthened response to upcoming La Niña weather event
Jul 28, 2016, at 01:28 pm
New York, July 28 (Just Earth News): Following a week-long visit to southern Africa, the United Nations deputy humanitarian chief has called for increased efforts to help mitigate the impact of the La Niña weather phenomenon occurring towards the end of the year.
UN agencies to meet on El Niño’s ‘devastating impact’ in Central America’s Dry Corridor
Jun 29, 2016, at 04:08 am
New York, June 28 (Just Earth News): With the El Niño climate event devastating Central America’s so-called Dry Corridor, where one of the worst droughts in decades has left 3.5 million people food insecure, United Nations agencies will gather this week to discuss ways to improve the long-term response to the weather developments in the region.
El Niño puts more than 26 million children at risk in Eastern and Southern Africa – UNICEF
Jun 28, 2016, at 04:52 am
New York, June 27 (Just Earth News): One of the strongest El Niño events ever recorded has placed the lives of 26.5 million children at risk of malnutrition, water shortages and disease in ten countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported.
UN Economic and Social Council President urges coherent global action to address El Niño
May 14, 2016, at 01:44 pm
New York, May 14 (Just Earth News/IBNS): On the heels of a United Nations special meeting on El Niño, the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has emphasized the need to reduce the impact of the phenomenon by implementing agreed-upon international frameworks in a coherent manner and increasing resilience-building efforts for the development of holistic disaster risk management worldwide.
El Niño on track to be among worst ever, but world better prepared for fallout: UN
Nov 17, 2015, at 01:45 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The current El Niño, a weather pattern of devastating droughts and catastrophic floods that can affect tens of millions of people around the globe, is expected to strengthen further by year's end, on track to be one of the three strongest in 65 years, according to the latest update from the United Nations weather agency.