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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Over 100 basic income pilots in the US have offered no-strings-attached cash payments to low-income families. </li><li>Aimed at combating poverty, GBI faces political challenges and funding constraints.</li></ul>Michael Tubbs wants to turn <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/which-states-cities-have-guaranteed-basic-income-programs-low-income-2024-4">basic-income pilot</a> programs into long-term policy — and the movement may be making progress.The 2019 pilot Tubbs launched as the mayor of Stockton, California, at the time offered 125 people $500 a month for two years. It's often credited as part of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/universal-basic-income-works-red-state-blue-state-2023-10">first of a wave</a> of over 100 guaranteed basic income pilots that have launched across the US since then in cities from Durham, North Carolina, to Birmingham and the Bay Area."It was every single thing that I prayed for," a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chicago-basic-income-pilot-approved-2021-10">Chicago participant</a>, who used her GBI money to secure housing, told Business Insider.Basic income has become a trending strategy to combat poverty in cities nationwide. The pilots typically offer participants cash payments of $100 to $2,000 for one to five years. They differ from traditional social services like <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/snap-benefits-eating-less-skipping-meals-pandemic-funding-cut-2023-9">SNAP</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/government-assistance-food-stamps-snap-doesnt-help-low-income-dinks-2024-5">Medicaid</a>, or <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/universal-basic-income-emergency-cash-rent-homes-government-housing-aid-2024-1">rental assistance</a> because the programs place no requirements on how participants spend their money. Instead, families have the agency to choose what they need most.Participants in programs like Stockton's have reported using their cash payments to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/universal-basic-income-ubi-denver-participants-turn-their-lives-around-2023-10">pay rent</a>, buy groceries, afford prescriptions, drop second jobs, pay off debt, or <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/san-antonio-ubi-guaranteed-basic-income-pay-housing-expenses-work-2024-3">support their children's education</a>."My life was always just a couple hundred dollars short," a San Antonio participant <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guaranteed-basic-income-san-antonio-texas-woman-afford-food-housing-2024-4">recently told BI</a>. "For the first time, I can breathe."Tubbs — who has since become the founder and chair of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, a network of local leaders that advocate for GBI — said cities have "piloted themselves to a conclusion:" basic income works.Now, he is looking toward the future."We have the data set, now it's about political will," Tubbs told BI.Indeed, politics is one of the biggest threats to more widespread GBI, along with budget concerns. But, amid skyrocketing <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-moving-abroad-cost-of-living-too-expensive-debt-retirement-2024-4#:~:text=The%20Bureau%20of%20Labor%20Statistics,were%20living%20paycheck%20to%20paycheck.">costs of living</a>, nearly half of Americans are struggling <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/middle-class-americans-earning-above-poverty-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-2024-4#:~:text=ALICE%20is%20an%20acronym%20for,US%20measures%20who's%20struggling%20economically.">paycheck to paycheck</a>. Basic-income pilots in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/san-antonio-ubi-guaranteed-basic-income-housing-finances-austin-rent-2024-3">San Antonio</a>, Denver, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/seattle-ubi-guaranteed-basic-income-low-income-poverty-housing-employment-2024-4#:~:text=A%20Seattle%20basic%20income%20pilot,noteworthy%20success%2C%20despite%20conservative%20opposition.">Seattle</a>, and more have shown that GBI is a way to help low-income families build a stronger financial future — even if the aid is temporary.Following a wave of city-level programs, community leaders and state legislatures are gearing up to take the movement to the next level."This is about yourself and your neighbors," Tubbs said. "And this is a way to make sure that we live in a civilized place where everyone has a floor."It may also be possible to implement basic income-inspired policies beyond local programs. In fact, states like California and New Mexico are already trying. State-level policies could help ensure sustainable program funding and allow basic income to reach even more families.These policies are likely to face barriers in state legislatures and budgets, but experts across the country are working on solutions.<h2 id="e76a14e0-77c1-4d46-8caf-318d7165282b">New Mexico and California are case studies in state-level basic income</h2>New Mexico and California are leading state-level basic income efforts and provide insight into potential longer-term policies.In New Mexico, 330 low-income immigrant families across the state were given $500 a month for a year beginning in February 2022. Fifty randomly selected families had their cash payments extended for an additional six months. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nmvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023_GI-Pilot-Report_web.pdf">Results from the program </a>show participants, who had mixed household citizenship status, used the money to pay for housing, and their children saw improved educational outcomes.Marcela Díaz, executive director of Somos Un Pueblo Unido — the economic justice organization that administered the pilot — said the program allowed basic income to reach mixed-status immigrant families who are often left out of government assistance programs because of their citizenship status. The state-level scope of the program also helped more families in rural areas see benefits, she said."We thought: 'let's put together a pilot and see how it how these folks that are often excluded from all of these other cash benefits systems — that the rest of us are not excluded from — use that funding. How does it help stabilize their families?'" Díaz told BI.California, too, has continued to be a national leader in basic-income research. In 2021, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/california-approves-guaranteed-income-program-for-residents-2021-7?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com">the state pledged $35 million</a> for more GBI pilots over five years. This follows a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sacramento-basic-income-pilot-ubi-cash-payments-housing-poverty-2024-3">series of basic-income programs</a> directed toward low-income families, students, foster youth, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/homeless-people-monthly-stipend-california-study-basic-income-2023-12">people experiencing homelessness</a> that have already been piloted across the state in the wake of Stockton's success."The lessons from those pilots are infusing the whole ecosystem of support," she said. "People are really seeing the power of those pilots, and the power of giving people money and trusting them," Teri Olle, director for Economic Security California, told BI.The success of these programs is leading to legislation. A state-funded pilot cash program for people enrolled in workforce training programs <a target="_blank" href="https://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/2024-nm-legislative-session/82629-house-passes-bill-to-support-new-mexicans-in-workforce-training">passed in the New Mexico House</a> in February.<a target="_blank" href="https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB333/id/2775107">A bill</a> is also being heard in the California Senate that would provide guaranteed income for students experiencing homelessness beginning in August 2025.Olle said there is much more "momentum" for basic income than there was five years ago. Even if future aid programs differ from direct cash assistance, she said lawmakers can learn a lot from GBI's success."This is why putting pen to paper, and moving from pilot to policy, is such important work," Olle said.<h2 id="52bf980d-4502-4ff4-9c0b-9eb10bf75337">Budget limitations and Republican opposition to basic-income programs</h2>Basic income is being <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guaranteed-basic-income-ban-ubi-arizona-texas-houston-homelessness-poverty-2024-2">challenged across the US</a> by Republican lawmakers, who have called the programs "socialist" and say cash payments could make participants too reliant on government assistance.The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/arizona-gop-ban-guaranteed-basic-income-programs-homelessness-poverty-2024-2">Arizona</a> legislature is hearing a bill that could ban GBI, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guaranteed-basic-income-program-ban-south-dakota-affordable-housing-groceries-2024-2">South Dakota</a> Republicans are hoping to prohibit all local governments from offering basic income. <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/16/iowa-legislature-ban-on-guaranteed-income-programs-passes/73094377007/">Iowa lawmakers</a> banned GBI across the state in April."Is money a birthright now?" John Gillette, a representative in Arizona, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guaranteed-basic-income-ban-ubi-arizona-texas-houston-homelessness-poverty-2024-2">previously told BI</a>. "Because I think the Founding Fathers would say that is very contrary to our capitalist system and encouraging people to work."In <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/houston-ubi-guaranteed-basic-income-uplift-harris-housing-finances-rent-2024-4">Harris County, Texas</a>, a GBI program was challenged by state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who called it "unconstitutional." Although participants were scheduled to receive their first payments on April 24, Paxton's lawsuit placed a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guaranteed-basic-income-houston-residents-afford-rent-groceries-housing-2024-4">temporary block</a> on the program until it undergoes further review by the state Supreme Court.Limited budgets could also hinder future basic-income programs. Most current <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/basic-income-funding-comes-from-philanthropy-federal-budget-housing-taxes2024-4">GBI programs are funded</a> through a combination of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-alphabet-philanthropy-guaranteed-basic-income-ubi-homelessness-housing-crisis-2024-5">philanthropy</a>, state tax dollars, and federal programs like the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that is allocated to cities and states for post-pandemic economic recovery.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-to-sign-19-trillion-american-rescue-plan-on-thursday-2021-3">ARPA funds</a> have been used to partially or fully fund most US basic-income pilots so far, but funds are set to expire. States and local governments must obligate all funds by the end of December 2024 and spend the money by December 2026.According to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2024/01/30/state-fiscal-debates-to-watch-in-2024-substantial-budget-shortfalls#:~:text=After%20two%20straight%20years%20of,through%20fiscal%202025%20in%20California.">Pew Charitable Trusts</a>, budget deficits are growing in many states, which could make additional GBI funding difficult to approve. While <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/basic-income-funding-comes-from-philanthropy-federal-budget-housing-taxes2024-4">philanthropy and nonprofit work</a> have been central to basic-income pilots, they are not always a long-term or large-scale funding solution.<h2 id="3dc98d35-5036-4225-9fe0-f2e2903bf84a">GBI can target the neediest populations, but it also has a 'community effect'</h2>Basic-income programs are already getting creative about how to make the biggest impact with limited funding. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guaranteed-basic-income-ubi-michigan-ann-arbor-entrepreneurs-gig-workers-2024-5">More GBI programs</a> are electing to focus on specific groups of participants, like low-income parents with children and foster youth. By focusing on these specific groups of participants, programs can direct money that already exists in state and federal budgets toward basic income.Tubbs also said this focused cash assistance allows municipalities to address other issues, like infant and maternal mortality rates or childhood poverty.In <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guaranteed-income-program-flint-michigan-new-moms-500-a-month-2024-1">Flint, Michigan</a>, for example, the Rx Kids program is offering pregnant mothers a $1,500 lump sum payment in addition to $500 monthly during their baby's first year. The program is funded through the Temporary Aid to Needy Families Program (TANF), an existing federal cash assistance program for low-income families. The cash payments are available to all new mothers in the city, no strings attached."It's super efficient — you can administer it really effectively," US Country Director for GiveDirectly Dustin Palmer said. A nonprofit, GiveDirectly has helped administer many US basic-income pilots.While the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/child-tax-credit-boost-bipartisan-plan-lift-kids-from-poverty-2024-1">child tax credit</a> is not a GBI program, Palmer also called it a "compliment" to other cash assistance families might receive. The credit offers families thousands of dollars in tax breaks if they have dependent children. An <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/enhanced-child-tax-credit-parents-passes-house-business-tax-relief-2024-1">expanded version</a> of the credit passed in the House of Representatives in January, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/child-kids-tax-credit-bill-republicans-senate-rcna147490">but is still stalled</a> in the Senate.Flexible funding programs like <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/stimulus-checks">COVID stimulus checks</a>, ARPA, and child tax credits let states innovate new programs that address poverty, Shafeka Hashash, associate director of Guaranteed Income at the Economic Security Project, told BI. There's a reason basic income has "spread like wildfire," she said."It opened the door for states to be able to demonstrate guaranteed income's effectiveness, and for the federal government to take notice," Hashash added.Hashah said every community and family's circumstances are different. However, guaranteed income has already been shown to have "far-reaching" impacts, helping families improve their housing situations, educational outcomes, job security, and quality of life."I wish that more people understood that guaranteed income has so much more than just an effect on one particular family, but it really has a community effect," Hashah said.GBI has offered insight into what economic help American families need most — and it should be applied to policy — whether it's at the local, state, or federal level, Palmer said. He said the research on cash assistance programs shows the "tremendous upside" of giving low-income families the freedom to choose what's best for them."This is a way of thinking about how we support families, children, all sorts of folks in a way that meets them where they are," Palmer said.Have you benefited from a guaranteed basic income program? Are you willing to share how you spent the money? Reach out to this reporter at <a target="_blank" href="mailto:allisonkelly@insider.com">allisonkelly@businessinsider.com</a>.

Over 100 basic-income pilots have run in US cities. Now states are getting creative to fund no-strings-attached cash payments.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The world population was due to hit 8 billion for the first time on November 15, 2022.</li><li>That's in spite of the global population growing more slowly in recent years. </li></ul>The world's eighth billionth baby was due to be born on Tuesday November 15, <a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/World-Population-Prospects-2022">according to the United Nations</a>. "The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity's shared responsibility for the planet," UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement, <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221115-world-population-hits-8-billion-un-says">per France24. </a>That means a billion people have been added to the world population in the past 12 years, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/15/world/global-population-8-billion-un-intl-hnk/index.html">CNN reported.</a> The world's population is due to grow further: hitting 9 billion around 2037 and 10 billion around 2058, <a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2022/11/media-advisory-as-world-population-approaches-8-billion-people-un-calls-for-collective-actions-to-protect-people-and-planet/">the UN predicted in a statement</a>. The new milestone happened in spite of global population growth slowing down overall, to under 1% a year, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/15/world/global-population-8-billion-un-intl-hnk/index.html">per CNN. </a>The population is growing fastest in poorer countries, which is putting pressure on "already entrenched inequalities," Gutteres said in a statement. In spite of serious concerns about climate change, poverty, and overcrowding, the number of humans living on the planet today "is not a cause for fear," <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221115-world-population-hits-8-billion-un-says">said Natalia Kanem, head of the UN Population Fund, per France 24.</a>"It's a sign of success, people everywhere live longer, healthier lives," she said in a tweet. "Focussing on numbers obscures real issues. Like how wealthier people, a global minority, generate almost all greenhouse emissions, and how the solution to climate change is not fewer people, but fewer emissions," she said.

The world's 8 billionth person was just born, UN projection shows &mdash; the first time the global population has been so big

Ongoing lockdowns and major disruptions to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic could leave 47 million women in low and middle-income countries unable to use modern contraceptives, leading to seven million unintended pregnancies in the coming months, according to data released by the <keyword id="73033" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="UN-Population-Fund">UN Population Fund</keyword> (UNFPA) and partners. The agencies estimate that the number of women unable to access family planning or facing unintended pregnancies, gender-based violence and other harmful practices, could "skyrocket" by millions due to the crisis. "This new data shows the catastrophic impact that COVID-19 could soon have on women and girls globally," UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem said on Tuesday. "The pandemic is deepening inequalities, and millions more women and girls now risk losing the ability to plan their families and protect their bodies and their health," Kanem said. As a clear view of the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is only beginning to take shape, experts estimate that the human cost could be extraordinary. The economic and physical disruptions caused by the disease could have vast consequences for the rights and health of women and girls, the new analysis by the UNFPA and partners noted. Globally, around 450 million women across 114 low and middle-income countries use contraceptives, the study said. "Significant levels of lockdown-related disruption over 6 months could leave 47 million women in low- and middle-income countries unable to use modern contraceptives, leading to a projected 7 million additional unintended pregnancies. Six months of lockdowns could result in an additional 31 million cases of gender-based violence," it said. The pandemic is also expected to cause significant delays in programmes to end female genital mutilation and child marriage, resulting in an estimated two million more cases of FGM over the next decade than would otherwise have occurred. These delayed programmes, on top of growing economic hardships globally, could result in an estimated 13 million more child marriages over 10 years. There also will be 31 million additional cases of gender-based violence during the same period, with a further 15 million more cases expected for every three months the lockdowns continue. These figures – produced in collaboration with partners Avenir Health, <keyword id="210763" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Johns-Hopkins-University">Johns Hopkins University</keyword> (USA) and <keyword id="212104" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Victoria-University">Victoria University</keyword> (Australia) – are rough estimates. The analysis said while a great deal is still unknown about how the pandemic, and the response to it, will unfold around the world, the projections offer an alarming view of the future that could confront women and girls if efforts are not urgently made to secure their welfare and ensure their rights. COVID-19 is having an enormous impact on women and girls as health systems become overloaded and facilities close, or provide a limited set of services which they need. At the same time, many women and girls also are skipping important medical check-ups for fear of contracting the virus, the study said. Disruptions to global supply chains could lead to significant shortages of contraceptives, it said, while gender-based violence – already on the increase due to the pandemic, is expected to rise still further as women are trapped at home for prolonged periods. The UNFPA is working with governments and partners to prioritise the needs of women and girls of reproductive age during the pandemic. The agency is focused on strengthening health systems, procuring and delivering essential supplies to protect health workers, ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence services, and promoting risk communication and community engagement. "Women's reproductive health and rights must be safeguarded at all costs. The services must continue; the supplies must be delivered; and the vulnerable must be protected and supported," Kanem said. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="75441608" title="This is how global economies are expected to grow in the first year after Coronavirus pandemic" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

Covid can cause 7 million unintended pregnancies as contraceptive access is disrupted says UN

<ul class="summary-list"><li>According to new estimates, Nigeria is expected to nearly double its population in the next 27 years.</li><li>Nigeria's stunning growth is also indicative of the growth of the African continent.</li></ul>It was recently <a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-population-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Population Day</a>.The annual United Nations designation is not only a chance to recognize "the dreams of all 8 billion of us on our planet," as UN Secretary-General António Guterres put it in a blog post on Tuesday, it's also a chance to take stock at just how rapidly the world around us is shifting.In just the past 12 months, the world's population <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-born-november-2022-world-population-past-8-billion-un-2022-11">topped 8 billion people for the first time</a>, and India <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-people-dont-care-india-world-most-populous-2023-4">overtook China</a> as the <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-overtake-china-worlds-most-populous-nation-2023-un-2022-7">most populous country</a> in the world. But even as the global population hits new milestones, one of the buzziest discussions is around the "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/great-labor-shortage-looming-population-decline-disaster-global-economy-2022-10">Great People Shortage,"</a> as writers here at Insider have termed it. According to projections, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-shrinking-population-worker-labor-shortage-grim-omen-global-economy-2023-2">China</a>, Japan, Germany, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-population-decline-worker-shortage-labor-birth-rates-immigration-economy-2023-5">even the US</a> are facing the possibility of population decline by 2100 — which could come with some serious economic challenges.In contrast to the countries facing the possibility of an aging, shrinking populace, other parts of the world are set to take the baton of population growth in the coming decades. Perhaps the most notable of these rapid-risers is Nigeria.As recently as 1982, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/11/world-population-day-what-will-the-world-look-like-in-2050" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nigeria had fewer</a> than 80 million people and was outside the world's 10 most populous countries. In the 41 years since, Nigeria's population has nearly tripled to 225 million, moving up to sixth on the list. And that is not expected to slow down.According to the <a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/wpp2022_summary_of_results.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most recent UN projections</a>, Nigeria will nearly double its population again by 2050 to an estimated 377 million. In the process, the country will leap-frog Pakistan and Indonesia and end up in a virtual tie with the US as the third most populous country in the world. That's incredible for a country that is <a href="https://mapfight.xyz/compare/ng-vs-texas/">just a bit bigger than the area of Texas.</a><div type="image" title="Map of Texas overlaying a map of Nigeria." height="1040" width="1462" msid="102879321" hostid="261" sizebytes="137674"></div>Nigeria's stunning growth is also indicative of the African continent. According to the UN estimates, five of the eight countries expected to make up half of the world's population growth over the next 27 years are in Africa. In <a href="https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/10/world-population-day-populations-in-africa-surge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an interview with Africa News</a>, Tighisti Amare, the Deputy Director of the Africa Programme Chatham House in London, pointed out that Africa is the fastest-growing continent and the youngest, noting that 70% of the population is under 30."The population growth is, of course, partly explained by improvement in level and access to public health," <a href="https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/10/world-population-day-populations-in-africa-surge/">Amare said</a>. "That has led to decrease in child mortality. And that by itself is good news. And the other good news is that also by having a young population, most African nations do not have the burden of a large elderly population that relies on taxes and pensions, which can be a strain on the economy as well."She also noted that because of such a young population, countries like Nigeria are producing more workers in the tech industry, increasing the possibility that the solutions for issues that impact Africa, such as climate change, are developed domestically. While there are plenty of positives, there are also <a href="https://www.unfpa.org/resources/population-and-development-africa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plenty of development issues</a> that come with such a rapidly expanding population. Michael Herrmann, an economic adviser with the United Nations Population Fund, <a href="https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/11/un-marks-world-population-day-amid-warnings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Africa News</a> that without proper planning, it could be difficult to care for, educate, and employ a population growing that fast."They have decided to meet the needs of people in terms of education, of health care, housing, food, water, energy, security," <a href="https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/11/un-marks-world-population-day-amid-warnings/">Hermann said</a>. "They want to create full employment for the people, and a growing population can raise the stakes in these efforts. It makes it harder to achieve these objectives, to achieve social progress, and also it might come with growing pressures on the environment."Regardless of how Nigeria and other fast-growing African nations handle their explosive growth, World Population Day gives us a chance to reflect on the dramatic human shifts that will reshape our globe in the decades to come.

A country slightly bigger than Texas is projected to match the US population by 2050 — and it shows how radically the world is changing

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The UN aid agency that supports Palestinians in Gaza says 72 of its aid workers have been killed.</li><li>The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, or UNWRA, employs 13,000 people in Gaza.</li></ul>The bombardment of the Gaza Strip has exacted a deadly toll on aid workers there, killing at least 72 employees of the United Nations relief agency since the war began on October 7."To date, 72 UNRWA colleagues have been killed in Gaza since the war began, often with their families," Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner general for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said in a statement on Thursday.Since the war began, a number of UNWRA facilities — home to some 700,000 people seeking refuge — have also been "directly hit," he added, noting that at least four shelters had been damaged in the previous 24 hours.UNWRA employs about 13,000 people in the Gaza Strip, where it provides food, shelter, and education to the Palestinian territory's large refugee population. More than half of Gaza's population of over 2 million people is dependent on the agency's assistance for daily survival.Although the agency does not attribute blame for the deaths, Israel has dropped more than 10,000 bombs on Gaza, killing more than 9,000 people, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. The bombing campaign began after Hamas launched a brutal attack in southern Israel that killed more than 1,400 people, the majority of them civilians.This week, the Israel Defense Forces <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-airstrike-gaza-refugee-camp-hamas-civilians-2023-10">struck the Jabiliya refugee camp</a> in northern Gaza, claiming it took out a senior Hamas commander and that the site was located above a network of tunnels carved out by the militant group. The attack also killed civilians, including one UNWRA employee."Overnight, we lost Mai, a bright software developer in her mid-20s with physical disabilities," Lazzarini said. "She was displaced from her home and killed in the Jabalia Refugee Camp with members of her family. "During the last major Israeli military campaign in Gaza, in 2014, UNWRA said that 11 of its civilian aid workers were killed.The latest Israel-Hamas war in Gaza already appears to be the deadliest conflict ever for UNWRA staff.In an alert sent out late last month, the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.aidworkersecurity.org/incidents/report/country">Aid Worker Security Database</a>, a project funded by the US government, said that it had recorded more killings of UN aid workers in Gaza in the previous two weeks than it had — in total — since 2002, the first year for which there is data. According to the database, at least 94 UNWRA staff have been killed over the last two decades, meaning that more than 70% of the total recorded are people who died in the last few weeks.For comparison, a total of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.voanews.com/a/violence-against-aid-workers-shows-no-respite-un-says-/7230279.html">116 aid workers</a> across all conflicts and organizations were killed in all of 2022.Juliette Touma, UNWRA's director of communications, confirmed to Insider that this war has been the worst ever for the agency's staff. Not only is it "the highest number of UN aid workers killed in any conflict globally," she said, but it has all happened "in such a short span of time."

More UN aid workers have been killed in Gaza in the last few weeks than in all previous wars between Israel and Hamas combined

<ul><li>The agreement builds on the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) . </li><li>The UK and UN Environment technical assistance programme is funded by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</li><li>Conventional cooling technologies are highly polluting due to climate impact of refrigerants . </li></ul> The <keyword id="199494" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="university-of-birmingham" source="Orion">University of Birmingham</keyword> and <keyword id="41646" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="haryana" source="Orion">Haryana</keyword> have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a centre of excellence in the state to boost crop post harvest management and sustainable cold chains, the varsity has said in a statement. The decision to create Haryana Centre of Excellence was taken at the Global summit organised by the Centre for Sustainable Cooling in Birmingham on Tuesday, giving it the mandate to conduct state-of-the-art applied research and provide capacity building and training, an innovation and business hub and technology testing/demonstration centre. "The Haryana Centre of Excellence will conduct state-of-the-art applied research and provide capacity building and training, an innovation and business hub and technology testing/demonstration centre. It will connect experts, investors, agri-food business, farmer cooperatives, and energy or logistics providers to deliver sustainable cooling," the statement from the University of Birmingham, which hosted the summit, said. The agreement builds on the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) developed with the Government of Rwanda and <keyword id="7285" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="un-environment-programme" source="Orion">UN Environment Programme</keyword> at the <keyword id="4201630" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="university-of-rwanda" source="Orion">University of Rwanda</keyword>. It also follows an MoU signed earlier this year with the Indian State of Telangana for a Telangana Centre of Excellence. The UK and UN Environment technical assistance programme is funded by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Present on the occasion, <keyword id="8733528" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="jai-parkash-dalal" source="Orion">Jai Parkash Dalal</keyword>, Haryana's minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, said: "The UK-Haryana Centre for post-harvest &amp; cold chain will be a big leap towards developing and demonstrating post-harvest technologies that will enhance the shelf life of perishable produce. The Centre will not only cater needs of farmers but also researchers and entrepreneurs". Approximately 60 per cent of food should be refrigerated at some point in the food supply chain - a number which will only increase as countries look to meet <keyword id="3374594" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="un-sustainable-development-goals" source="Orion">UN Sustainable Development Goals</keyword>, feed a fast-growing population and adapt to a warming world and fast degrading environment. <keyword id="12932657" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="caroline-rowett" source="Orion">Caroline Rowett</keyword>, the British Deputy High Commissioner, Chandigarh, said that centre of excellence will help improve the functionality and efficiency of the farm to fork supply. "This is an excellent opportunity for them to work together to develop and showcase technology to help improve the functionality and efficiency of the 'farm to fork' supply chain. Farmers will have the tools to improve the storage and transportation of their produce to ensure it reaches the consumer in perfect condition," she said. Lack of effective refrigeration results in the loss of 526 million tons of food produced (12 per cent of the global total) with developing countries refrigerating less than 20 per cent of their production. These food losses result in an estimated 1 gigaton of CO2-eq emissions each year globally, in addition to wasting agricultural inputs such as land, fertilisers, water and energy. Equally, 25 per cent of vaccines reach their destination with degraded efficacy mainly due to failures within the cold-chains; 20 per cent of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products are damaged due to broken cold-chains. Conventional cooling technologies are highly polluting due to climate impact of refrigerants (HFCs) and indirect emissions from energy use. They account for 7 per cent of all global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and these emissions could double by 2030, and triple by 2100. <keyword id="13071369" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="toby-peters" source="Orion">Toby Peters</keyword>, CSC Director and Professor of Cold Economy at the University of Birmingham and Heriot-Watt University, said: "We must now figure out how to provide the globally connected cold-chains for a well-functioning society in an efficient, affordable, equitable and sustainable manner". "Temperature-controlled supply chains networks are complex, requiring coordination across multiple stakeholders countries and continents. We need to understand the interplay with renewable energy, climate friendly refrigerants," he said. 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University of Birmingham, Haryana to create centre of excellence in state to boost crop post harvest management

<ul class="summary-list"><li>It's World Population Day.</li><li>According to new estimates, Nigeria is expected to nearly double its population in the next 27 years.</li></ul>Happy <a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-population-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Population Day</a>.The annual United Nations designation is not only a chance to recognize "the dreams of all 8 billion of us on our planet," as UN Secretary-General António Guterres put it in a blog post on Tuesday, it's also a chance to take stock at just how rapidly the world around us is shifting.In just the past 12 months, the world's population <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/baby-born-november-2022-world-population-past-8-billion-un-2022-11">topped 8 billion people for the first time</a> and India <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-people-dont-care-india-world-most-populous-2023-4">overtook China</a> as the <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-overtake-china-worlds-most-populous-nation-2023-un-2022-7">most populous country</a> in the world. But even as the global population hits new milestones, one of the buzziest discussions is around the "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/great-labor-shortage-looming-population-decline-disaster-global-economy-2022-10">Great People Shortage,"</a> as writers here at Insider have termed it. According to projections, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-shrinking-population-worker-labor-shortage-grim-omen-global-economy-2023-2">China</a>, Japan, Germany, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-population-decline-worker-shortage-labor-birth-rates-immigration-economy-2023-5">even the US</a> are facing the possibility of population decline by 2100 — which could come with some serious economic challenges.In contrast to the countries facing down the possibility of an aging, shrinking populace, there are other parts of the world that are set to take the baton of population growth in the coming decades. Perhaps the most notable of these rapid-risers is Nigeria.As recently as 1982, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/11/world-population-day-what-will-the-world-look-like-in-2050" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nigeria had a population of fewer</a> than 80 million people and was outside the world's 10 most populous countries. In the 41 years since, Nigeria's population has nearly tripled to 225 million, moving up to sixth on the list. And that is not expected to slow down.According to the <a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/wpp2022_summary_of_results.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most recent UN projections</a>, Nigeria will nearly double its population again by 2050 to an estimated 377 million. In the process, the country will leap-frog Pakistan and Indonesia and end up in a virtual tie with the US as the third most populous country in the world. That's incredible for a country that is <a href="https://mapfight.xyz/compare/ng-vs-texas/">just a bit bigger than the area of Texas.</a><div type="image" title="Map of Texas overlaying a map of Nigeria." height="1040" width="1462" msid="101678265" hostid="261" sizebytes="137674"></div>Nigeria's stunning growth is also indicative of the growth of the African continent. According to the UN estimates, five of the eight countries that are expected to make up half of the world's population growth over the next 27 years are in Africa. In <a href="https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/10/world-population-day-populations-in-africa-surge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an interview with Africa News</a>, Tighisti Amare, the Deputy Director of the Africa Programme Chatham House in London, pointed out that Africa is the fastest-growing continent and the youngest, noting that 70% of the population is under 30."The population growth is, of course, partly explained by improvement in level and access to public health," <a href="https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/10/world-population-day-populations-in-africa-surge/">Amare said</a>. "That has led to decrease in child mortality. And that by itself is good news. And the other good news is that also by having a young population, most African nations do not have the burden of a large elderly population that relies on taxes and pensions, which can be a strain on the economy as well."She also noted that because of such a young population, countries like Nigeria are producing more workers in the tech industry increasing the possibility that the solutions for issues that impact Africa, such as climate change, are developed domestically. While there are plenty of positives, there are also <a href="https://www.unfpa.org/resources/population-and-development-africa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plenty of development issues</a> that come with such a rapidly expanding population. Michael Herrmann, an economic adviser with United Nations Population Fund, <a href="https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/11/un-marks-world-population-day-amid-warnings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Africa News</a> that without proper planning it can difficult to care for, educate, and employ a population growing that fast."They have decided to meet the needs of people in terms of education, of health care, housing, food, water, energy, security," <a href="https://www.africanews.com/2023/07/11/un-marks-world-population-day-amid-warnings/">Hermann said</a>. "They want to create full employment for the people, and a growing population can raise the stakes in these efforts. It makes it harder to achieve these objectives, to achieve social progress, and also it might come with growing pressures on the environment."Regardless of how Nigeria and other fast growing African nations handle their explosive growth, World Population Day gives us a chance to reflect on the dramatic human shifts that will reshape our globe in the decades to come.

A country slightly bigger than Texas is projected to match the US's population by 2050 — and it shows how radically the world is going to change over the next three decades

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Associated Press and CNN obtained a draft UN report outlining <keyword id="13473" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="North-Korea">North Korea</keyword>'s hacking activities.</li><li>The UN accused hackers of stealing $316 million to fund their country's economy and nuclear program.</li><li>They targeted global financial institutions and virtual currency-exchange houses, the report said.</li></ul>North Korean hackers stole more than $300 million to prop up the country's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-un-tightens-control-as-north-koreas-economy-reels-2020-9">flailing economy </a>and fund leader <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-un-life-and-family-north-korea-health-coronavirus-2020-5">Kim Jong Un's</a> nuclear ambitions last year, according to a draft United Nations report obtained by the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/technology-global-trade-nuclear-weapons-north-korea-coronavirus-pandemic-19f536cac4a84780f54a3279ef707b33">Associated Press</a> and <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/08/asia/north-korea-united-nations-report-intl-hnk/index.html">CNN</a>. A panel of North Korea experts compiled the report and recommended further sanctions against the country for violating international law in its quest to become a nuclear power, CNN reported.One unnamed UN member country said in the report that North Korean <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-reportedly-responsible-for-most-nation-state-cyberattacks-2020-10">hackers</a> stole $316.4 million dollars in virtual assets between 2019 and November 2020, according to CNN. The hackers targeted global financial institutions and virtual currency-exchange houses to illegally acquire foreign currencies, the report said, according to the AP. This money was then used to support North Korea's nuclear and ballistic-missile programs.<div type="image" title="korean missiles" height="1332" width="2000" msid="80768859" hostid="261"></div>The report said that North Korea "produced fissile material, maintained nuclear facilities, and upgraded its ballistic missile infrastructure" while continuing "to seek material and technology for these programs from overseas," according to CNN. The experts said it's "highly likely" North Korea can at this point <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-probably-has-nuclear-device-that-fits-ballistic-missile-2020-8">mount </a>a nuclear device to a ballistic missile of any range, but it's still uncertain whether those missiles would be able to successfully reenter the atmosphere, the report says, according to CNN. Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-solarwinds-cyberattacks-transparency-fireeye-cybersecurity-hackers-2021-2">Microsoft said its software and tools were not used 'in any way' in the SolarWinds attacks. New findings suggest a more complicated role.</a><keyword id="182233" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kim-Jong-Un">Kim Jong Un</keyword> believes that acquiring more nuclear power will stave off international intervention in his country, where more than 40% of the population is <a href="https://www.wfp.org/operations/kp02-dprk-interim-country-strategic-plan-2019-2022">malnourished</a> and citizens are regularly sent to <a href="https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/north-korea#">forced labor camps</a> as punishment for petty infractions. Tensions between North Korea and the US reached new heights in 2017, when North Korea conducted a test detonation of a purported <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-thermonuclear-icbm-changes-the-game-2017-9">thermonuclear</a> warhead, and tested intercontinental ballistic missiles with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/satellite-images-north-korean-nuclear-missile-base-kim-jong-un-2020-5">ranges</a> to strike the American mainland.During his four years in office, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-un-told-trump-friendship-would-be-magical-force-2020-9">President Donald Trump</a> sought to deescalate the tensions by conducting one-on-one negotiations with Kim, but those ultimately went nowhere, as the North Korean regime refused to give up its nuclear program outright.It's still unclear how <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-joe-biden-presidency-might-handle-relations-with-north-korea-2020-9">President Joe Biden</a> hopes to approach the issue. Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security advisor, said last week that the administration is conducting a review of North Korean policy, according to <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/02/asia/us-china-relations-intl-hnk/index.html">CNN</a>.

North Korean hackers stole $316 million to fund its nuclear weapons program last year, UN report says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Weibo users are dismissing the prediction that India's population will overtake China's this year.</li><li>India's population is set to hit 1.428 billion, while China's drops to 1.425 billion, per the UN.</li></ul>Chinese social media users this week dismissed and derided India's expected mid-2023 rise to become the world's most populous nation. <a href="https://www.unfpa.org/data/world-population-dashboard#:~:text=The%20World%20Population%20Dashboard%20showcases,especially%20women%20and%20young%20people." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Estimates published on Wednesday</a> by the United Nation's Population Fund say India's population will hit 1.428 billion this year, while China's is set to drop to 1.425 billion people.It's a <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-overtake-china-worlds-most-populous-nation-2023-un-2022-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">widely predicted</a> change, considering China's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-aging-superaged-society-demographic-crisis-catch-up-2023-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">birthrate has slipped to record lows</a>, while India boasts a 75% working-age population. India's population boom also marks a shift in China's long-held identity of bursting growth — China has been the world's most populous country for decades.But people on Weibo, China's version of Twitter, say the title is inconsequential, and some are even happy to see it go."No one even wants first place for this," <a href="https://weibo.com/1267454277/MBuoyAUON?refer_flag=1001030103_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one user wrote in a top comment</a> as news broke of the UN estimates last week."Finally, letting go of this number one title," another person commented in the same thread."Having the largest population also means having the most people you need to serve, the most responsibilities," <a href="https://weibo.com/2101722791/MCAUK2Zjt?refer_flag=1001030103_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote another user.</a>A tightening housing market, an economy battered by COVID-19, and the burden of hustle culture in China have led <a href="https://www.insider.com/china-marriage-rate-millennials-drop-nationwide-crisis-women-affluence-economy-2022-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">many of its young people to decide it's too expensive to raise children or even get married.</a>China's foreign ministry also tried to downplay the impact of the population shift."When assessing a country's demographic dividend, we need to look at not just the size but also the quality of its population," <a href="http://dusseldorf.china-consulate.gov.cn/det/fyrth/202304/t20230419_11061886.htm#:~:text=Wang%20Wenbin%3A%20When%20assessing%20a,received%2010.9%20years%20of%20education." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday.</a>Wang told reporters that China is more concerned with "talent resource" than raw population statistics.On the heavily moderated Weibo platform, where nationalist sentiments are often allowed to spread freely, some people followed Wang's lead and compared wealth standards in India and China. "Take a look, guys, not so much public housing, not that many mortgages, not so many vacations," <a href="https://weibo.com/1267454277/MBuoyAUON?refer_flag=1001030103_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote one user.</a> "Let's see how long they can keep giving birth."While analysts estimate that <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=0eb48a8dd780300ef996f57d330e9fbcce9ea21e8d9be382dbb220e741e4a73c&amp;postID=6440e89016ce4f73684bbb6c&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41599-018-0083-y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India is set to eliminate extreme poverty by 2024</a>, China has <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56194622" target="_blank" rel="noopener">since 2021 boasted of a "complete victory" over rural poverty</a> — a hallmark goal of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.China's GDP per capita was <a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=CN" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$12,556 in 2021</a>, while India's was <a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=IN" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$2,256 in the same year</a>, according to the World Bank's latest estimates.But India is also expected to claim another world number-one title this year — <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/12/top-economy-stories-december-22/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the fastest-growing major economy on Earth</a>. Already the world's fifth-largest economy, it's expected to grow 6% when the fiscal year ends in March 2024, <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/business/economy/india-gdp-growth-inflation-next-year-crisil-8500608/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the country's Reserve Bank said.</a>Relations between China and India have also been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/indian-chinese-troops-clashed-first-fight-since-brutal-2020-brawl-2022-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marred by repeated border clashes between their troops.</a> At least <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-troops-beat-indian-soldiers-batons-wrapped-in-barbed-wire-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20 soldiers were reported to have been killed in border skirmishes.</a>

Chinese people say they don't care that India is taking over as the world's most populous country: 'No one even wants 1st place'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="14319839" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="flour" source="Orion">Flour</keyword> prices have shot up so much that <keyword id="12004846" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bread" source="Orion">bread</keyword> has become a status symbol in <keyword id="11935793" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="north-korea" source="Orion">North Korea</keyword>, <a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/flour-06282022160704.html">per RFA.</a></li><li>At around $20 per kilogram, flour has beaten rice as the hottest luxury food item, RFA reported.</li></ul>The hottest status symbol in North Korea is not a new handbag or luxury watch — it's a loaf of bread.According to <a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/flour-06282022160704.html">Radio Free Asia (RFA)</a>, flour has become so expensive in the reclusive country that eating bread has become synonymous with wealth."It's the most prosperous households that can buy imported flour from the marketplace and make foods like bread and jijim (savory pancakes)," an anonymous source told the US-funded non-profit outlet in a report published on Tuesday.Flour is now three times more expensive than rice, which has long been considered a luxury food item reserved for the most wealthy North Koreans, per the outlet. Most North Koreans primarily consume corn and other coarse grains, RFA added."When the price of flour is more than two or three times that of rice, as it is now, bread and mandu dumplings suddenly become food that only the high-ranking officials and fabulously wealthy can afford to eat. So foods made with flour are now a symbol of wealth," the source told RFA. Another source cited by the outlet described flour as "a deluxe ingredient that people use to show off when guests come over."According to RFA, flour in North Korea costs around 4,000 to 4,600 won ($4.44 to $5.11) per kilogram in 2019. However, after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the price shot up to as much as 30,000 won ($33) per kilogram. The outlet reported that the current price is about 18,000 won ($20) per kilogram. Flour prices increased after the hermit nation halted imports when it <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/covid-helped-isolate-north-korea-way-sanctions-never-could-so-ncna1257143">sealed its borders</a> at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, RFA reported. While borders reopened briefly this year, they quickly shut again amid a renewed Covid outbreak in neighboring China, per the outlet.According to data from the <a href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-north/#people-and-society">Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)</a>, North Korea is facing food shortages estimated at 860,000 tons — about two to three months of food use. "A large portion of the population suffers from low levels of food consumption and very poor dietary diversity; the economic constraints, particularly resulting from the global impact of the COVID‑19 pandemic, have increased the population's vulnerability to food insecurity," per the CIA's <a href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-north/#people-and-society">World Factbook</a>.

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