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EFEVerde: DARA Report. Climate change causes 350,000 deaths a year (Spanish)
Around 350,000 people die each year due to climate related issues, but the world could suffer 1 million deaths per year from 2030 onwards if no corrective actions are taken. Read more...
El Dia.es: Spain, one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change among developed nations (Spanish)
Among developed nations, Spain and the US are the most vulnerable countries to climate change, according to the Climate Vulnerability Monitor. The Spanish edition will be presented tomorrow in Madrid. Read more...
Antena 3: Spain is one of the developed countries most vulnerable to climate change (Spanish)
According to the Climate Vulnerability Monitor, some 5 million climate deaths are estimated over the next 10 years in the absence of an effective response to the consequences of climate change. Read more...
Informativos Telecinco: A total 132 countries will be vulnerable to climate change by 2030 if no action is taken, according to a DARA report (Spanish)
Former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Michael Zammit Cutajar, warned that in 2010, a total of 97 countries around the world have high levels of vulnerability to climate change, a figure which, if no action is taken, will rise to 132 countries in 2030 (from a total of 184 countries included in the study). Read more...
Agroinformación: Teresa Ribera, the Spanish Secretary of State for Climate Change, says that the adaptation to climate change requires collective responsibility and solidarity (Spanish)
Almost all countries have a high vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. Spain and the US are the most vulnerable among developed nations. Read more...
La Información: The climate-related mortality rate is estimated at 350,00 victims a year (Spanish)
Around 350,000 people die each year due to climate related issues, but the world could suffer 1 million deaths per year from 2030 onwards if no corrective actions are taken. Read more...
Público: 350,000 people die each year due to climate change (Spanish)
Among developed nations, Spain and the US are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Read more...
AlertNet: “Sticking plaster” response to Palestinian Territories fails population
Source: Alertnet By Astrid Zweynert LONDON (AlertNet) - As the United Nations considers the Palestinian application for statehood, a hard-hitting report describes the humanitarian response in the Palestinian Territories as akin to a "sticking plaster" and [...] Read more...
AlertNet: Western emergency aid increasingly seen as ‘intrusive and disempowering’
Local people often have little say in what kind of aid is needed and do not receive enough training in what to do in a disaster, the World Disasters Report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said. Read an interview with Philip Tamminga about the report. Read more...
The Guardian: Humanitarian aid for Palestinians should be unnecessary
Source: The Guardian As Friday's expected Palestinian bid for UN membership draws closer, an overlooked issue is the untenable situation of the Palestinian population, who are subjected to collective poverty, misery and desperation, and the role that international [...] Read more...