According to a new report, 1.1 billion people around the world face immediate risks from lack of access to cooling. Access will be more important in the future as climate change impacts amplify. Solutions are complex, because cooling requires energy, and increased cooling from fossil fuel energy drives climate change, which will make cooling even more important.
TRF
The United Nations has agreed to draw up a migration pact to cope with the millions of migrants moving from country to country because of climate change impacts. Now campaigners want nations to follow up with concrete action, especially considering that more than 140 million people in Africa, Latin America and South Asia could be victims of climate displacement.
UNISDR
The Sendai Framework Monitor, launched by UNISDR this year, received a ringing endorsement at the recently concluded High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. Countries were also urged to prioritize the achievement of Sendai Framework target (e), which seeks to substantially increase the number of countries with national and local DRR strategies by 2020.
