United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres last week addressed the importance of doing more to decrease greenhouse gas emissions.
“Today, no area on the planet is left untouched by plastic pollution, from deep-sea sediment to Mount Everest. The planet deserves a multilateral solution that speaks from source to sea,” said Amina J. Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the U.N.
The organizations are asking the heads of government to take “swift action” lifting fragmented travel rules and getting vaccinations into the arms of the manufacturing and logistics workforce.
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The United Nations’ World Food Program is running a global air network with partner airlines to deliver COVID relief supplies to underserved communities but doesn’t have enough funding to continue the flights much longer.
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The World Food Program says it has the trucking and logistics capacity to face growing hunger crisis in African nation, but needs millions of dollars in funding.
