HAGUE: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday mentioned that the local weather disaster threatens to solely exploit and exacerbate division and polarisation.
Taking to X, WHO Chief Ghebreyesus shared his expertise testifying concerning the influence of local weather change on the International Court of Justice and reiterated that the world wants peace justice and collaboration.
“We stay in a time of geopolitical turbulence. The #ClimateDisaster threatens to solely exploit and exacerbate division and polarisation. It was an honour and an inspiration to testify concerning the influence of the local weather disaster on well being on the International Court of Justice, Peace Palace in The Hague final week, as peace, justice and collaboration is what our world wants greater than ever,” Ghebreyesus mentioned on X.
According to WHO, Climate Change is predicted to trigger roughly 250 000 extra deaths per yr from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and warmth stress alone between 2030 and 2050.
The direct injury prices to well being are estimated to be between US$ 2-4 billion per yr by 2030. Areas with weak well being infrastructure – principally in creating nations – would be the least capable of cope with out help to arrange and reply.
WHO states that the Greenhouse gasoline emissions that consequence from the extraction and burning of fossil fuels are main contributors to each local weather change and air air pollution.
Meanwhile, India stays dedicated in its struggle in opposition to Climate Change as Union Minister for Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on December 3 outlined India’s efforts to handle land degradation and desertification, aligning with the goals of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
While delivering India’s assertion throughout the Ministerial Dialogue on Drought Resilience at CoP16 of the UNCCD in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the minister described India’s journey in combating land degradation and desertification.
“Our journey represents a transformative narration of dedication, innovation, and sustainable growth. From world recognition of land degradation as a essential environmental problem at CoP 5 to emphasising community-driven land restoration at CoP 10, and thereafter the popularity of land restoration as a essential local weather change technique at CoP 14, to the worldwide dedication to revive degraded lands at CoP 15, we’ve all been equal companions on this journey,” he mentioned. (ANI)
