Cii Radio Cii Radio
  • Home
  • Listen Live
  • Podcasts
  • Africa
    Somalia’s New President tests Positive for COVID 19

    Somalia’s New President tests Positive for COVID 19

    Zambia arrests Chinese man wanted for racism in Malawi

    Zambia arrests Chinese man wanted for racism in Malawi

    Egypt, Saudi Arabia ink deals worth $7.7 bln

    Egypt, Saudi Arabia ink deals worth $7.7 bln

    3 Gulf, 9 African sovereign funds sign investment deal

    3 Gulf, 9 African sovereign funds sign investment deal

  • South Africa
    Train service in Gqeberha, East London resume following breakdowns

    Train service in Gqeberha, East London resume following breakdowns

    W.Cape Health encourages the continued use of masks

    W.Cape Health encourages the continued use of masks

    No more face masks in SA

    No more face masks in SA

    Zondo Commission; Final Report: a quick look

    Zondo Commission; Final Report: a quick look

  • Middle East
    King Abdullah II backs idea of ‘Middle East NATO’

    King Abdullah II backs idea of ‘Middle East NATO’

    Israeli forces beat up International Activists

    Israeli forces beat up International Activists

    Lebanon, Syria, Egypt sign gas import agreement

    Lebanon, Syria, Egypt sign gas import agreement

    Wildfire Blaze  southwest Turkey

    Wildfire Blaze southwest Turkey

  • World
    Norway shooting-Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack

    Norway shooting-Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack

    US Supreme Court ends  right to abortion

    US Supreme Court ends right to abortion

    N. Korea’s  new army duties suggest nuke deployment

    N. Korea’s new army duties suggest nuke deployment

    Doctors cut newborn’s ear while performing C-section in the dark

    Doctors cut newborn’s ear while performing C-section in the dark

  • Schedule
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Go to...

    1.1 billion people face risks from lack of cooling: UN Envoy

    July 17, 2018
    Uncategorized
    0 Comments
    Views : 2487
    0
    1.1 billion people face risks from lack of cooling: UN Envoy

    17 July 2018|03 Dhul Qa’dha 1439|Arab News

    New data from 52 countries in hot climates reveals that over 1.1 billion people face “significant risks” from lack of access to cooling including death, a UN envoy said Monday.

    Rachel Kyte told a press conference that “millions of people die every year from lack of cooling access, whether from food losses, damaged vaccines, or severe heat impact.”

    The UN envoy, who is promoting the United Nations goal of providing sustainable energy for all people by 2030, said nine countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America with the biggest populations that face major risks are Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sudan.

    Kyte stressed that “’cooling for all’” doesn’t mean “putting an air conditioner in every home.”

    She said an urgent effort is needed to clarify cooling needs, engage governments and the private sector, and develop and test possible new solutions.

    Kyte spoke on the sidelines of this week’s high-level event assessing progress on six of the 17 UN goals adopted by world leaders in 2015 to combat poverty, promote development and preserve the environment by 2030. One of the goals is universal access to sustainable energy.

    UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the opening session that there has been progress on reducing maternal and child mortality, tackling childhood marriage, expanding access to electricity, addressing global unemployment, and cutting the rate of forest loss around the globe.

    But Mohammed said in other areas “we are either moving too slowly, or losing momentum.”

    “For the first time in a decade, the number of people who are undernourished has increased — from 777 million people in 2015 to 815 million in 2016 — fundamentally undermining our commitment to leaving no one behind,” she said.

    Young people remain three times more likely to be unemployed than adults, most of the world’s extreme poor are projected to live in urban settings by 2035, and basic sanitation remains “off track,” she said. And “we are seeing alarming decline in biodiversity, rising sea levels, coastal erosion, extreme weather conditions and increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases” that cause global warming.

    As for access to energy including renewable energy, Mohammed said the rate of progress “is not fast enough to meet our target.”

    “We need to also double our efforts on energy efficiency,” she said. “250 million more people in Africa have no access to clean fuels for cooking compared to 2015.”

    Kyte, who is also CEO of the nonprofit organization Sustainable Energy for All, stressed that without ensuring access to cooling for all people, the UN goal of universal access to energy will not be achieved.
    She stressed that “access to cooling is not a luxury” but “a fundamental issue of equity. And as temperatures hit record levels, this could mean the difference between life and death for some.”

    While 1.1 billion people lack access to cooling, Kyte said another 2.3 billion people present “a different kind of cooling risk.”

    They represent “a growing lower-middle class who can only afford to buy cheaper, less efficient air conditioners, which could spike global energy demand and have profound climate impacts,” she said.

    As examples of other hurdles that must be overcome in the next 12 years, she said, 470 million people in poor rural areas don’t have access to safe food and medicines and 630 million people in hotter, poor urban slums “have little or no cooling to protect them against extreme heatwaves.”

    In India, Kyte said, “nearly 20 percent of temperature-sensitive health care products arrive damaged or degraded because of broken or insufficient cold chains, including a quarter of vaccines.”

     

    Tags : heat impact, hot climate, lack of cooling access
    Share :
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Google+
    • Pinterest
    • Linkedin
    • Email
    World’s oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan
    Next article
    World’s oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan
    23 injured as volcanic
    Previous article
    23 injured as volcanic ‘Lava bomb’ crashes through Hawain tourist boat roof

    Ayesha

    Related Posts

    • Middle East, Uncategorized May 12, 2022

      US Congresswoman slams Israel over

      US Congresswoman slams Israel over killing of Palestinian journalist
      Africa News, Newsroom March 14, 2022

      Muslim lecturer shot dead while

      Muslim lecturer shot dead while on morning jog
      Uncategorized February 9, 2021

      Department of Education approves school

      Department of Education approves school terms for South African 2021 academic year
    • Uncategorized February 8, 2021

      Nyatenyahu return to court on

      Nyatenyahu return to court on corruption charges
      Uncategorized September 17, 2020

      Israel court issues demolition order

      Israel court issues demolition order for mosque
      Uncategorized May 27, 2020

      Back to school - Sick

      Back to school – Sick kids face Covid-19 or school de-registration

    Leave a reply

    You must be logged in to post a comment.

    FOLLOW US

    • 0 Fans
    • 29103 Followers
    • 0 Followers
    • 0 Followers

    Cii Radio You Tube Channel

    Recent posts

    • Norway shooting-Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack
      Norway shooting-Man charged with terrorism
      June 25, 2022 0
    • Train service in Gqeberha, East London resume following breakdowns
      Train service in Gqeberha, East
      June 25, 2022 0
    • US Supreme Court ends  right to abortion
      US Supreme Court ends
      June 24, 2022 0
    • Somalia’s New President tests Positive for COVID 19
      Somalia's New President tests Positive
      June 24, 2022 0

    Latest Tweets

    • channelislam Click on this link to fill in the survey https://t.co/iRHPqsd4jj https://t.co/WJdG6ZYUfk
      about a day ago
    • channelislam Click on the link https://t.co/iRHPqsuFaR https://t.co/Etw7XEs2DG
      about 7 days ago
    • channelislam #ramadanwordsearch https://t.co/jj7Zr0Utjr
      about 69 days ago
    • channelislam For previous days wordsearches go to https://t.co/8E6bKV8F09 https://t.co/4n7M2I12KO
      about 79 days ago

    Random News

    • Israel court rules Jews can chant patriotic slogans in Masjid Al-Aqsa
      Israel court rules Jews can
      April 18, 2018 0

      Cii Radio|Ayesha Ismail|18 April 2018| 01 Shabaan 1439 An Israeli court ruled yesterday that Jewish visitors storming Al-Aqsa Mosque can chant ...

      Read More
    Copyright 2016 Cii Radio