The United Nations’ climate loss and damage fund moved to provide US$20 million in aid sought by flood-stricken Nepal – the first time it has set aside money for any country – in a key test of the body’s credibility. In an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, the fund’s board agreed to earmark the modest sum for the Himalayan country, which was hit in August by tsunami-like floods triggered by a climate-induced ice and rock avalanche that killed more than 1,400 people and left over 5,000...
Nepal set to receive first-ever US$20 million payout from UN climate damage fund
Nepal must provide a proposal to receive the funding, which amounts to less than 0.5 per cent of the US$4.78 billion reconstruction estimate
Camila Minerva Rodriguez Tavarez, the Dominican co-chair of the board, called the outcome “truly historic” and thanked members for “allowing us to act promptly and have a response to Nepal”.
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Lu Yong, who has a slow-growing blood and bone marrow cancer and inspired the 2018 blockbuster Dying to Survive, has begun reducing his medication and hopes to stop taking it completely within three months. The acclaimed film is based on Lu’s experience. He has chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and helped patients across China obtain affordable, life-saving generic drugs from India, but was prosecuted by Chinese authorities for selling “fake drugs”. Before his diagnosis, 58-year-old Lu was a...
Severe haze in Hong Kong over the past two days has prompted a government warning of serious health risks, with experts urging the elderly and vulnerable to stay indoors until sunset. Air quality health risk levels at some of Hong Kong’s roadside monitoring stations rose on Wednesday and Thursday, with experts attributing the surge to elevated ozone levels caused by sunlight and high temperatures and warning that conditions were likely to persist over the next few days. On Wednesday afternoon,..
In a shocking incident, actor Tiger Shroff was targeted in a gun attack while driving through Mumbai. Gunmen opened fire on his car, injuring both his driver and a passerby, although Tiger himself escaped without serious harm. Authorities have apprehended three suspects linked to the shooting, which is under investigation by the Mumbai Police for serious criminal offenses.
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Koran Irvine, 46, died from a single gunshot wound on the George Washington Bridge during his evening commute on Tuesday.