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epo NewsDesk Drone strikes by the Military Regime have “killed eight Tuareg rebel leaders in the town of Tinzaouatine” in the north of Mali, africanews reports reffering to a rebel spokesman. It has been “the first time since the start of the rebellion in 2012, that so many Taureg leaders have been killed in a single attack,” the story reads.
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UNO braucht 2025 47 Milliarden US-Dollar für humanitäre Hilfe
Genf (epo.de). – Im kommenden Jahr sind rund 305 Millionen Menschen auf humanitäre Hilfe angewiesen, warnen die Vereinten Nationen. In einem globalen Appell für 2025 ruft die UNO die internationalen Geldgeber dazu auf, 47 Milliarden US-Dollar zur Verfügung zu stellen.
Das Geld werde benötigt, um Lebensmittel, Medikamente und andere Hilfsgüter für Menschen in 32 Ländern und Krisengebieten zur Verfügung zu stellen, so die UNO. Besonders bedürftige Länder sind der Sudan, Syrien sowie der Gazastreifen.
UNO-Nothilfekoordinator Tom Fletcher erklärte bei der Vorstellung des Appells in Genf, die Welt stehe in Flammen. Man werde sich darauf konzentrieren müssen, diejenigen zu erreichen, die es am nötigsten hätten. Für gut ein Drittel der Bedürftigen werde man realistischerweise keine Hilfe finanzieren können.
Flechter beklagte, von den für 2024 benötigten 50 Milliarden Dollar seien bis November nur 43 Prozent eingegangen. Dies sei eine der schlechtesten Quoten in der Geschichte der UNO.
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Image credit: NASA/NOAA
“Since 1972, the U.S Geological Survey Landsat Earth Observation satellites have been providing scientists and policy makers with up to date data on a range of features of Earth’s surface, and the picture being painted is a grim one. Earth’s surface is changing rapidly: polar ice caps are shrinking, highly biodiverse areas are being destroyed , and oceans are growing increasingly polluted, among a raft of other environmental changes.
However, given the volume and availability of data that satellites have captured informing us of the ongoing impacts of human activity on Earth’s surface, an important question has to be asked — why has this knowledge not led to large-scale environmental action?”
Image: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
The Arctic is warming up at a rate higher than the global average temperature. Both 2022 and 2023 were among the warmest years on record for the region. During the night of 22 September 2024, the air temperature in the town of Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland reached a record high of 15.3°C, Copernicus, the Earth observation component of the European Union’s Space programme, reported on Sept. 25.
According to Copernicus, this was the hottest September night in the history of the area, and one of the highest minimum temperatures ever recorded in Greenland.
High temperatures continued throughout the following days. Narsarsuaq recorded an unusual maximum air temperature of 18.9°C on 23 September, and the nearby town of Frederikshaab reached 16.9°C. The area around Frederikshaab is visible in this image acquired by Copernicus Sentinel-2 on 23 September 2024.
The Copernicus Sentinel satellites play a key role in monitoring remote areas around the world, including the Arctic, providing in particular important information on the impacts of climate change on the cryosphere.
Source: Copernicus
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