News Monitor
Even achieving the Glasgow Climate Pact goal of doubling adaptation finance to at least US$38 billion by 2025 would only cut the adaptation finance gap of US$187-359 billion by about 5 per cent.
More than 100 governments made historic commitments to end childhood violence, including nine pledging to ban corporal punishment, which affects three out of every five children regularly at home.
Without urgent action, 95% of the population will regress into survival mode amid a drastic cut in domestic production, skyrocketing prices, widespread unemployment, and heightened insecurity.
The record-breaking drought â which has been ongoing since last year â is severely impacting riverside and indigenous children and communities in Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
From 1 January until 29 October, about 300 million children across Asia, Africa and Brazil - some 12.5% of the total child population of 2.4 billion - were affected.
The largest number of vaccines â 85% of the 899,000 doses â will go to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, reporting four out of every five laboratory-confirmed cases in Africa this year.
The 1954 Convention regulates the status of stateless people and ensures their access to fundamental rights, while the 1961 Convention offers carefully detailed safeguards to prevent statelessness.
Unprecedented flooding has hit communities across West and Central Africa - the IFRC now has six active flood-related emergency appeals as the emergency response continues.
Analysis of new hunger data showed that 5.4 million children are now at risk of facing acute malnutrition by April 2025, a 25% increase compared with the 4.4 million this past April.
The influx of people arriving in overcrowded conditions with limited access to clean water and sanitation has amplified the risk of cholera transmission in both transit centers and host communities.
More than 711,000 people are displaced, 151 dead and 134 injured after Super Typhoon Kong-rey exacerbated the flooding and landslides brought on by Tropical Cyclone Trami.
The launch follows the arrival of the first consignment of 186,000 doses of the malaria vaccines. The vaccinations will begin immediately, benefitting more than 148,000 children under 12 months.
The mobile teams are able to deliver a wide range of primary healthcare and sexual and reproductive health services â from antenatal and postnatal care to family planning, and psychosocial support.
Attacks overnight that reportedly killed 50 children in northern Gaza demand international intervention, as the relentless pattern of mass attacks on civilians continues.
The humanitarian pause necessary to conduct the campaign has been assured; however, the area of the pause has been substantially reduced compared to the first round of vaccination in northern Gaza.
WFP is urgently appealing to donors to provide early funding for next yearâs operations so the food agency can preposition food to prevent spiralling operational costs and hunger through 2025.
Millions continue to suffer from the impacts of increasing attacks on both civilians and critical infrastructure, leaving many without access to essential services, including water and electricity.