The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says millions of Afghans are suffering extreme hunger and that education and social services are on the brink of collapse.
A new analysis shows the federal government will have to deepen its carbon cuts to 47 per cent by 2030 to meet the goal set on Tuesday for nations attending a UN climate summit next month.
Greenhouse emissions collapsed with COVID-19 but have since bounced back to pre-pandemic levels,prompting the UN Secretary-General to call for the world to abandon coal.
Less than 10 per cent of what WHO needs for its coronavirus vaccines,treatments and diagnostics program has so far been donated.
The UN Secretary-General hopes many countries will follow the"remarkable"Korean example in fighting the virus and planning for the aftermath.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described as"utterly inadequate"the world's efforts to stop climate change.