diplomacy&development

The international community is mobilizing to finance the fight against HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria for 2021-2023 as part of efforts following the 6th conference of reconstitution of resources of the "Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria" held in Lyon (France) . The National Coordinating Mechanism of the Global Fund in the Democratic Republic of Congo (CCM-DRC), the 2nd recipient country in Africa with nearly US $ 2 billion invested since 2002, has organized a pess conference at Fleuve Congo Hotel in the presence of ambassadors of the United States and France, main donors of the Global Fund, a press conference to commend this mobilization. For the 2018-2020 period, the DRC is receiving a grant of US $ 572 million from the Global Fund, which means that in 2018: 256,000 people living with HIV (PLHIV) are receiving antiretroviral treatment, 170,000 tuberculosis cases have been treated , 13.7 million patients were tested and 9 million tre

The current global food system is out of balance. Millions of people around the world have insufficient food whilst millions of others consume too much. More than 820 million people suffer from hunger, yet many more eat an unhealthy diet that contributes to premature death and rising healthcare costs. Under-consumption of fruits and vegetables, nuts, and legumes and over-consumption of red meat, dairyii and foods that are ultra-processed and/or high in fat, sugar and saltiii are associated with numerous chronic illnesses, such as coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer and type-2 diabetes.   Our diets are not just hurting our health but also the eco-system that supports human life. Food is among the largest drivers of global environmental change contributing to climate change, biodiversity loss, freshwater use, interference with the global nitrogen and phosphorus cycles, and land-system change. Research shows that, without substantial changes, greenhouse gas emissions from

In a speech today 11th October 2019 at the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that cities were where the climate battle will largely be won or lost, calling mayors “the world’s first responders to the climate emergency." With cities accounting for more than 70% of global CO2 emissions, he said the choices that will be made on urban infrastructure in the coming decades – on construction, housing, energy efficiency, power generation and transport – will have a "tremendous influence on the emissions curve." To bend the emissions curve, he said nations must continue to increase climate ambition and submit new and improved national climate action plans by 2020, telling the mayors: “You, and the cities you lead, are at the heart of this race.” With nearly seven out of every 10 people expected to live in urban areas by 2050, he said that without climate-conscious urban planning the consequences would be profoun