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UN climate report: Doctors warn of rise in heat-related health risks

by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Features, Health, Non-Life, Policy, Risk Management

Climate change poses significant health risks, particularly in the realm of respiratory health. Climate change exacerbates air pollution, which worsens conditions of people who already have respiratory ailments like asthma, pneumonia, lung cancer, etc,” Dr Vikas...

India shows progress on UN’s HDI 2022, ranks 134 out of 193 countries

by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 14, 2024 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography

In 2022, India saw improvements across all HDI indicators — life expectancy, education, and gross national income (GNI) per capita and life expectancy rose from 67.2 to 67.7 years, expected years of schooling reached 12.6, mean years of schooling increased to...
UN chief appeals for greater support for small islands fighting climate change

UN chief appeals for greater support for small islands fighting climate change

by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 3, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy, Risk Management

“We must have stronger support from the international community – what we call climate justice – which means adequate financing at low cost, quickly decided, in order to allow for all these works that we have been seeing to protect the island against the...

Asia-Pacific off track on path to SDGs, UN data shows

by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 16, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management

Among the 17 SDGs, Goal 13 on climate action required most attention, as progress on all of its targets are off track and some are in reverse. This underscored the need to integrate climate action into national policies, strengthen resilience and improve adaptive...

New UN database to help countries tap climate ‘loss and damage’ fund

by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 26, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance

Given the limitations of current databases, UNDRR is collaborating with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Development Programme to create a new global “disaster losses and damages” tracking system. It will replace the...
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