COP29 is a missed opportunity for those most impacted by the climate crisis

Discussions on public financing at COP29 failed to deliver meaningful solutions.
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Discussions on public financing at COP29 failed to deliver meaningful solutions.
The organisation is also warning that stagnant floodwaters in Valencia are creating severe health hazards, with the risk of infectious disease outbreaks escalating rapidly.
Urgent climate finance and systemic change is needed to protect vulnerable communities facing rising hunger due to the climate crisis
Last week, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee issued an urgent warning: northern Gaza is now facing a ‘worst-case scenario’ for famine
Kate Munro, Head of Advocacy at Action Against Hunger UK, emphasises the need to reinstate aid funding to protect lives and reaffirm the UK’s commitments on the world stage
Action Against Hunger joins forces with the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to raise urgent funds to help people affected by the escalating conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.
Several health workers and civilians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in recent days
One year into the conflict, Action Against Hunger is expanding its humanitarian assistance to reach the most vulnerable families in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.
Action Against Hunger has mobilised an emergency response and is urging the international community to unite to deliver immediate and sustained relief efforts.
The urgent warnings come as 5.4 million Haitians face 'crisis' level hunger, with 2 million experiencing severe food insecurity, according to the latest IPC analysis.
According to estimates, thousands were forced from their homes due to the air strikes on Monday, which marked the deadliest day in Lebanon since the country's 1990 civil war.
Communities in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon are in desperate need of food, clean water, shelter, health services, and protection.