$2.54 billion needed to tackle unprecedented health needs in 2023: WHO

Two-and-a-half billion dollars: that’s how much funding the UN World Health Organization (WHO) will need across its operations this year, it said on Monday, to help a record number of people facing disease and starvation.

Read the full article at:

https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/01/1132717

Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost $4 trillion over last 50 years

22 May 2023

Over two million deaths and $4.3 trillion in economic losses; that’s the impact of a half-century of extreme weather events turbo-charged by man-made global warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.

Young workers have been hit hardest by COVID fallout, says UN labour agency

11 Aug 2022

The number of young people globally who can’t find a job this year is set to reach 73 million – that’s a full six million more than before COVID-19 – the UN labour agency said on Thursday.

UN appeals for record $51.5 billion to help 230 million on the brink in 2023

01 Dec 2022

A record $51.5 billion is needed to help 230 million of the world’s most vulnerable people in nearly 70 countries next year, the UN said on Thursday.