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<keyword id="19894886" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="china" source="keywords">China</keyword>'s top drug regulator has cleared a mpox vaccine developed by local drug firm Sinopharm for clinical trials which could be the country's first experimental dose to battle the deadly disease. The domestic vaccine candidate, created by the Shanghai Institute of Biological Products and administered by Sinopharm, is expected to play an important role in preventing and controlling mpox infections, the company said in a statement released on Monday afternoon. There is currently no approved mpox vaccine in China. Globally, a few vaccines have been approved in the United States, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Russia. In China, a vaccine candidate typically goes through three phases of clinical trials before gaining market approval. The process can take years, even decades. However, the National Medical Products Administration, China's top drug regulator, has launched a number of accelerated or streamlined channels to facilitate applications of novel drugs and vaccines or those in urgent need, state-run China Daily reported on Tuesday. According to the company, the new vaccine is a replication-deficient vaccine based on a strain called MVA. The description is the same as <keyword id="22925756" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="jynneos" source="keywords">Jynneos</keyword>, the world's first mpox vaccine approved by the <keyword id="20256595" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="food-and-drug-administration" source="keywords">Food and Drug Administration</keyword> in the United States in 2019. The <keyword id="19902256" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="world-health-organisation" source="keywords">World Health Organisation</keyword> said on August 14 that the mpox outbreak in <keyword id="19924003" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="africa" source="keywords">Africa</keyword> constitutes a public health emergency of international concern - its highest form of alert. Previously, in July 2022, the WHO declared a global emergency but then lifted it in May last year because of a sustained decline in international cases. So far, more than 120 countries and regions across the world have reported more than 100,000 confirmed infections and 226 related deaths. China reported its first imported case in September 2022 and the first domestic case in June last year. By the end of July, the nation had reported 2,567 confirmed cases, according to the China Daily report. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/ather-energy-looks-to-raise-3100-crore-files-ipo-papers-with-sebi/articleshow/113214971.cms">Ather Energy looks to raise ₹3,100 crore, files IPO papers with SEBI</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/iphone-16-pro-iphone-16-pro-max-india-price-specifications/articleshow/113204340.cms">iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max with bigger displays, A18 Pro chipset launched starting at ₹1,19,900</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/apple-iphone-16-iphone-16-plus-price-specs/articleshow/113203568.cms">iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus with A18 chipset launched starting at ₹79,900</a>

China's drug regulator clears mpox vaccine; to undergo clinical trial

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The war in <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> has added to the crisis in <keyword id="12037539" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="yemen" source="Orion">Yemen</keyword>, where a civil war has been ongoing since 2014.</li><li>Millions of Yemenis receive food aid from the UN and 161,000 will likely experience <keyword id="12398318" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="famine" source="Orion">famine</keyword> in 2022.</li></ul><keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>'s assault on Ukraine has caused millions of Ukrainians to flee, triggering a refugee crisis in eastern Europe. But the conflict is also exacerbating an ongoing humanitarian crisis a continent away.The area around the Black Sea, which includes Ukraine and Russia, has been called the "world's bread basket," thanks to it's fertile soil and high rates of grain production. Now, the war in Ukraine threatens the food security of countries that rely on that breadbasket for wheat and other grains — especially Yemen, where millions of people are already on the brink of famine amid a civil war."Before the Ukraine crisis erupted in February, we were warning about a year of unprecedented hunger in Yemen," Shaza Moghraby, a spokesperson for the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), told Insider.Since the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/yemen-conflict-explained-2019-2">outbreak of civil war in Yemen in 2014</a>, its economy has been cut in half and millions of Yemenis have been pushed into food insecurity with more than <a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/yemen-brink-conflict-pushing-millions-towards-famine#:~:text=Yemen's%20food%20crisis%20is%20a,food%20beyond%20many%20people's%20reach.">80% living below the poverty line</a>. The situation has been worsened by global economic challenges and rising prices, including those brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.WFP provides 13 million Yemeni's with food assistance every month, with wheat from Ukraine and Russia making up a crucial part of the country's food supply.<h2>Ukraine and Russia account for nearly 30% of global wheat exports</h2>"When it comes to wheat, the Black Sea region, specifically Ukraine and Russia, matters a lot," J. Mark Welch, a grain markets economist at Texas A&amp;M University, told Insider.Russia grows 10% of the world's wheat and 17% of the world's wheat exports, while Ukraine accounts for 12% of wheat exports. That amounts to nearly 30% of global wheat exports coming from those two countries alone.<div type="image" title="Displaced Yemenis receive humanitarian aid, donated by the World Food Programme (WFP) in cooperation with the Danish Refugee Counci ( DRC), in the northern province of Hajjah on December 30, 2019." height="2000" width="3000" msid="90280117" hostid="261"></div>In Yemen specifically, 22% of its wheat imports come from Ukraine alone, according to WFP.After Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the country's ports were shut down, effectively cutting off its wheat supply to nations that rely on it, which includes countries in Northern Africa and the Middle East. The <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/wheat-prices-today-limit-up-russia-ukraine-invasion-bread-basket-2022-3">price of wheat skyrocketed</a> in response.Russia's wheat supply is also at risk of being cut off to some countries. Welch said sanctions and opposition to the war could deter purchases of Russian wheat. Or, even if a country was willing to buy Russian wheat, sanctions related to financial institutions could make it difficult to actually pay Russia and complete the transaction.Welch explained that wheat, like many agricultural products, can't be produced overnight. Wheat crop being sold and transported now is from last year's harvest, and new crop won't be harvested in the northern hemisphere until June or July. That means even if other wheat-producing countries wanted to step up and fill in the gaps, it's very difficult to add to the supply.There are some nations, like India, that have had a particularly good wheat harvests and, in theory, could have excess supply to fill in the gaps left by Ukraine or Russia, but with wheat at a much higher price, that still leaves some nations in a difficult spot."Those nations that import a large portion of the grain to feed their population, even if it comes from another source it's at much, much higher prices, so there are likely to be some very serious consequences of that," Welch said.<div type="image" title="Yemenis receive humanitarian aid provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on June 1, 2021." height="2000" width="3000" msid="90280118" hostid="261"></div><h2>Countdown to 'catastrophe' in Yemen</h2>At the start of the year, the WFP already had to halve its food rations for 8 million people in Yemen due to a lack of necessary funding. The 5 million Yemenis at immediate risk of famine have continued to receive full rations.But if the war in Ukraine continues to choke wheat supply and drive up prices, WFP may have to cut its assistance even further, potentially <a href="https://www.wfp.org/news/countdown-catastrophe-begins-yemen-funding-food-assistance-dwindles">leading to "catastrophe" in Yemen</a>."Those who can somehow get by, barely, will soon join the ranks of those 5 million if we continue providing them with just half of the rations," Moghraby said.Some 161,000 people in Yemen are now <a href="https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/alerts-archive/issue-58/en/">expected to experience famine</a> in 2022.Moghraby said the WFP is in dire need of more funding to keep up with the rising prices and continue providing food assistance. A UN fundraising effort held Wednesday <a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/under-secretary-general-humanitarian-affairs-and-emergency-relief-coordinator-martin-1">sought to raise $4.27 billion for humanitarian efforts in Yemen</a>.But only $1.3 billion was raised as the crisis in Ukraine has overshadowed the situation in Yemen, prompting the UN's Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths to call the total a "disappointment," the <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/seeks-427-billion-appeal-war-ravaged-yemen-83473330#:~:text=Yemen%20depends%20almost%20entirely%20on,to%20the%20World%20Food%20Program.">Associated Press</a> reported."It's not a sustainable situation," Moghraby said, explaining that, even with the money they do have, they can't buy as many goods due to rising prices.She added: "Our humanitarian dollar is really being stretched to a breaking point."Have a <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword> tip? Contact this reporter at <a href="mailto:kvlamis@insider.com?inline-read-more">kvlamis@insider.com</a>.

How Russia's assault on Ukraine, the 'world's breadbasket,' could lead to famine in Yemen

Indian and Chinese households top the global food wastage list

The number of undernourished people in <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> has declined in the last 15 years to 224.3 million in 2019-2021, according to a UN report, which also said that there are more obese adults and anaemic women in the <keyword id="6354507" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="world" source="Orion">world</keyword>'s second most populous country. The <keyword id="5004571" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="state-of-food-security-and-nutrition" source="Orion">State of Food Security and Nutrition</keyword> in the World 2022 report, issued on Wednesday by UN agencies <keyword id="397960" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="food-and-agriculture-organisation" source="Orion">Food and Agriculture Organisation</keyword> (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), UNICEF, <keyword id="49053" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="world-food-programme" source="Orion">World Food Programme</keyword> (WFP) and the <keyword id="6356311" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="world-health-organisation" source="Orion">World Health Organisation</keyword> (WHO), said that the number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report said that in India, the number of undernourished people declined to 224.3 million in 2019 21 from 247.8 million in 2004-06. It said that the number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted declined to 36.1 million in 2020 from 52.3 million in 2012, the number of children under five years of age who are overweight declined to 2.2 million in 2020 from three million in 2012. However, the number of obese adults in India, which has a population of over 1.38 billion, grew to 34.3 million in 2016 from 25.2 million in 2012 and the number of women aged 15 to 49 years affected by anaemia also grew to 187.3 million in 2019 from 171.5 million in 2012. The report added that the number of children up to 5 months of age exclusively breastfed touched 14 million in 2020 from 11.2 million in 2012. In percentage terms, the prevalence of undernourishment in the total population in India stood at 21.6 per cent in 2004-06 and declined to 16.3 per cent in 2019-21, the prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years of age declined to 30.9 per cent in 2020 from 41.7 per cent in 2012 and the prevalence of overweight children under five years of age was 1.9 per cent in 2020 from 2.4 per cent in 2012. The prevalence of obesity in India's adult population increased to 3.9 per cent in 2016 from 3.1 per cent in 2012 and anaemic women aged 15 to 49 years declined marginally from 53.2 per cent in 2012 to 53 per cent in 2019. The report also noted that in India, people who were unable to afford a healthy diet touched 973.3 million in 2020 or nearly 70.5 per cent, up from 948.6 million in 2019 (69.4 per cent). In 2017, about a billion people were unable to afford a healthy diet in India and this number has declined to 966.6 million in 2018. The report noted that subsidies to consumers provided in Lower- Income Countries and Middle-Income Countries most often take the form of in-kind or cash transfers under the social protection programmes. India and Indonesia, for example, provide substantial subsidies to final consumers under the Targeted Public Distribution System for grains in India, and the food assistance programme (BPNT) based on electronic vouchers for rice, in Indonesia, it said. The most prominent example of a (Lower-middle-income countries) LMIC is India, where the food and agricultural policy has historically focused on protecting consumers by ensuring affordable food prices, through export restrictions (on wheat, non-basmati rice, and milk, among others) and through marketing regulations around pricing and public procurement, public food stockholding and distribution of a vast range of agricultural commodities, it said. As such, farmers have constantly faced price disincentives in aggregate terms (negative NRPs). Input subsidies and expenditure on general services such as in R&amp;D and infrastructure have been widely used as a means of compensating them for the price disincentives generated by trade and market measures, and for boosting production and self-sufficiency in the country, it added. The report noted that after remaining relatively unchanged since 2015, the proportion of people affected by hunger jumped in 2020 and continued to rise in 2021, to 9.8 per cent of the world population. This compares with 8 per cent in 2019 and 9.3 per cent in 2020. World hunger rose in 2021, with around 2.3 billion people facing moderate or severe difficulty obtaining enough to eat -- and that was before the Ukraine war, which has sparked increases in the cost of grain, fertiliser and energy, according to the report. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World paints a grim picture, based on 2021 data, saying the statistics should dispel any lingering doubts that the world is moving backwards in its efforts to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms , it explained. It warned that the ongoing war in Ukraine, is disrupting supply chains and further affecting prices of grain, fertiliser and energy resulting in more price increases in the first half of 2022. At the same time, they said, more frequent and extreme climate events are also disrupting supply chains, especially in low-income countries. Ukraine and Russia together produced almost a third of the world's wheat and barley and half of its sunflower oil, while Russia and its ally Belarus are the world's No. 2 and 3 producers of potash, a key ingredient of fertiliser. Nearly 924 million people (11.7 per cent of the global population) faced food insecurity at severe levels, an increase of 207 million in two years. The gender gap in food insecurity continued to rise in 2021 --- 31.9 per cent of women in the world were moderately or severely food insecure, compared to 27.6 per cent of men --- a gap of more than 4 percentage points, compared with 3 percentage points in 2020. Almost 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet in 2020, up 112 million from 2019, reflecting the effects of inflation in consumer food prices stemming from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to contain it. An estimated 45 million children under the age of five were suffering from wasting, the deadliest form of malnutrition, which increases children's risk of death by up to 12 times. Furthermore, 149 million children under the age of five had stunted growth and development due to a chronic lack of essential nutrients in their diets, while 39 million were overweight. This report repeatedly highlights the intensification of these major drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition: conflict, climate extremes and economic shocks, combined with growing inequalities, the heads of the five UN agencies wrote in this year's Foreword. The issue at stake is not whether adversities will continue to occur or not, but how we must take bolder action to build resilience against future shocks, it added. (By Yoshita Singh <keyword id="6355833" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="united-nations" source="Orion">United Nations</keyword>) SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/golden-girl-p-t-usha-becomes-the-eighth-keralite-to-be-honoured-with-a-rajya-sabha-nomination/articleshow/92716060.cms">Golden girl P.T. Usha becomes the eighth Keralite to be honoured with a Rajya Sabha nomination</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/rbis-moves-to-boost-forex-inflows-could-have-an-impact-on-domestic-borrowing-rates/articleshow/92715761.cms">RBI's moves to boost forex inflows could have an impact on domestic borrowing rates</a>

India has fewer undernourished people now but obesity and anaemia are on the rise

<ul class="summary-list"><li>An old tweet from Ellen DeGeneres resurfaced online following allegations that her show promoted a "toxic" workplace culture.</li><li>"I made one of my employees cry like a baby on today's show. Honestly, it felt good," the 2009 tweet said.</li><li>It wasn't immediately clear what incident DeGeneres was referring to, but a source with knowledge of the situation told Insider that it was about DeGeneres surprising an employee with a free cruise.</li><li>The tweet resurfaced after <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> broke that several top "Ellen Show" producers had left.</li></ul>A 2009 tweet from Ellen DeGeneres in which she said she made an employee "cry like a baby" resurfaced amid allegations that her show fostered a "toxic" workplace culture."I made one of my employees cry like a baby on today's show. Honestly, it felt good," the tweet said.It wasn't immediately clear from DeGeneres' tweet which incident she was referring to, but a source with knowledge of the situation told Insider the tweet was about an employee of DeGeneres' named Jeannie Klisiewicz.The source said Klisiewicz had worked as an on-air correspondent and receptionist for the show since being hired in 2008 after calling in and contacting producers numerous times.In 2009, DeGeneres surprised her with a free Caribbean cruise, <a href="https://www.ellentube.com/video/the-story-of-jeannie-klisiewicz.html">causing Klisiewicz to burst into tears on air</a>.Though it appears DeGeneres' tweet was referring to Klisiewicz's tears of joy, Twitter users still made connections to the recent spate of allegations about DeGeneres and her show.Other users retweeted DeGeneres' tweet and shared similar opinions of the situation.Earlier this week, <a href="https://twitter.com/THR/status/1295505536297791489">news broke</a> that <a href="https://www.insider.com/producers-leave-the-ellen-degeneres-show-internal-investigation-toxic-workplace-2020-8">three top "Ellen Show" producers had left</a> as <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-under-internal-investigation-over-workplace-culture-report-2020-7">WarnerMedia continues its investigation</a> into <a href="https://www.insider.com/former-ellen-degeneres-employees-shows-positive-message-not-reality-report-2020-7">allegations of a toxic workplace</a>.DeGeneres announced the changes on Monday in a Zoom call with the show's staff, saying she felt as if she had "kind of let the ball drop a bit," <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ellen-degeneres-show-producer-warnermedia-investigation-1304993">according to The Hollywood Reporter</a>.The host has had a <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-degeneres-mean-backlash-nikkietutorials-timeline-2020-4">turbulent few months</a>, facing accusations from former staffers, including <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-degeneres-ex-producer-calls-her-toxic-host-fear-culture-2020-8">a producer</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/former-the-ellen-show-dj-tony-okungbowa-says-he-felt-toxicity-2020-8">a DJ</a>, that she acted rudely and created a toxic environment on the set of "The Ellen Show."The Australian radio host Neil Breen recently said <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-degeneres-radio-host-instructions-dont-talk-look-2020-7">he was told not to talk to, look at, or approach DeGeneres</a> when he worked with her in 2013.DeGeneres' executive producer Andy Lassner recently <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-degeneres-executive-producer-says-nobody-going-off-the-air-2020-8">pushed back on speculation about the show's cancellation</a>, but <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/1239266/james-corden-replace-ellen-degeneres-tv-show-scandal/">a report on August 1</a> said the "Late Late Show" host <a href="https://www.insider.com/james-corden-ellen-degeneres-show-host-replacement-reactions-2020-8">James Corden could replace DeGeneres</a>.Despite the growing number of allegations, plenty of stars — such as <a href="https://www.insider.com/ashton-kutcher-dragged-ellen-degeneres-never-pandered-celebrity-tweet-2020-8">Ashton Kutcher</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDef3NcFLnb/">Diane Keaton</a>, and <a href="https://www.insider.com/portia-de-rossi-ellen-degeneres-instagram-message-2020-8">DeGeneres' wife, Portia de Rossi</a> — have come to DeGeneres' defense.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/producers-leave-the-ellen-degeneres-show-internal-investigation-toxic-workplace-2020-8">3 producers have left 'The Ellen Show' amid an internal investigation into allegations of a toxic workplace</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-degeneres-ex-producer-calls-her-toxic-host-fear-culture-2020-8">Ellen DeGeneres' ex-producer said there was a 'culture of fear' as soon as she joined the show</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-degeneres-show-ratings-fall-allegations-2020-8">'The Ellen Show' ratings fall to an all-time low as new allegations surface</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-degeneres-james-corden-wrong-replacement-women-talk-show-2020-8">If Ellen DeGeneres leaves her show, Hollywood shouldn't replace her with a white man</a></li></ul>

A 2009 tweet in which Ellen DeGeneres says she made an employee 'cry like a baby' resurfaces online amid allegations that the show has a 'toxic' culture

<ul class="summary-list"><li>New <keyword id="11947680" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sec-filing" source="Orion">SEC filing</keyword> revealed <keyword id="11900744" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tesla" source="Orion">Tesla</keyword> CEO <keyword id="11897862" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="elon-musk" source="Orion">Elon Musk</keyword> donated more than 5 million Tesla shares worth about $5.7 billion to <keyword id="12052709" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="charity" source="Orion">charity</keyword>.</li><li>The <keyword id="11922955" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="donations" source="Orion">donations</keyword> made in November came days after the UN gave Musk details of its plan to fight world hunger. </li></ul>Tesla CEO Elon Musk donated more than 5 million Tesla shares in November, just days after the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-bezos-un-world-hunger-starvation-billion-donation-2021-11">United Nations World Food Programme</a> (WFP) gave details of a plan on how $6 billion could help fight world hunger.Musk's charitable donation was disclosed in a filing with the <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001318605/000089924322006240/xslF345X03/doc5.xml">US Securities and Exchange Commission</a> made public on Monday. It showed Musk gifted a total of 5.044 million Tesla shares from November 19 to November 29. The filing did not specify which charity Musk donated to but noted that a trust was involved in the transactions.Based on the average prices of the Tesla shares on the days Musk sold them, the donations were worth $5.7 billion in total, according to a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-15/elon-musk-donated-5-7-billion-of-tesla-shares-to-charity">Bloomberg</a> calculation.Musk made the donations just as <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/elon-musk-tesla-stock-sales-almost-done-selling-stake-goal-2021-12">he was in the process of selling shares</a> to cover taxes on the exercise of options set to expire in August this year.Around the time, Musk was involved in a Twitter exchange with WFP executive director David Beasley, who told <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/26/economy/musk-world-hunger-wfp-intl/index.html">CNN's "Connect the World"</a> on October 26 that a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/un-food-director-calls-musk-bezos-donate-net-worth-increase-2021-10">$6 billion donation from billionaires such as Musk and Jeff Bezos</a> could help 42 million people who he said were "literally going to die if we don't reach them."On October 31, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/musk-sell-tesla-stock-if-6-billion-solves-world-hunger-2021-11">Musk challenged the claim</a> that the specific amount will solve the hunger crisis, saying on <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1454809318356750337">Twitter</a> that if the WFP could show its math, then he would "sell Tesla stock right now and do it." Beasley got back with a <a href="https://www.wfp.org/appeal-billionaires-famine">plan</a> to Musk on November 16, detailing how WFP would use $6.6 billion to combat famine.Tesla did not respond to Insider's requests for comment on where the donations went. <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-gave-more-than-5-million-tesla-shares-to-charity-after-teasing-possible-donation-to-fight-world-hunger-11644885144">MarketWatch</a> noted that Musk runs his own philanthropic organization, the <a href="http://www.muskfoundation.org/">Musk Foundation,</a> which offers grants for renewable energy research and advocacy work, among other causes.WFP spokesman Steve Taravella declined to tell Insider whether WFP was the donation recipient. He told Insider its practice "has always been to leave any disclosure of possible contributions up to donors themselves."According to the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/">Bloomberg Billionaires Index,</a> Musk is the world's richest man with a current net worth of $227 billion.

Elon Musk donated $5.7 billion worth of Tesla shares to charity in November, according to a new SEC filing

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Airport workers in Phoenix, Charlotte describe dangerous conditions during extreme heat.</li><li>They joined fast-food and farm workers this week in demanding employers provide water, AC, and rest.</li></ul>Cecilia Ortiz walks 10 to 15 miles a day for her job at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, pushing people in wheelchairs to their gates and carrying luggage.She loves her job, but it comes with risks, especially when temperatures reach triple digits for months in Phoenix. Ortiz said she sweats through her thick polyester uniform on jet bridges that aren't always air-conditioned. Access to cold water and rest breaks aren't guaranteed. Some of her colleagues who clean airplane cabins, transport luggage on the tarmac, or work as curbside agents have reported dizziness, nausea, and vomiting on the job — symptoms of heat exhaustion.Ortiz this week is joining workers in the airline, fast-food, and farming sectors in 13 cities to demand that employers provide education and training about the symptoms of heat exhaustion, develop a plan of action for getting employees medical attention, and ensure that employees have access to water, shade, air conditioning, and rest breaks. On Tuesday there were demonstrations at airports in Phoenix and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.qcnews.com/charlotte/service-workers-at-charlotte-airport-protest-for-heat-protection/">Charlotte, North Carolina</a>, and on Thursday workers plan to take a coordinated drink of water and share it across social media. Several labor unions are organizing the actions.Scorching heat is becoming more common in the US and around the world. Scientists have found that the climate crisis is causing more frequent, intense, and longer-lasting heat waves. Federal data indicates that each year <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/36-work-related-deaths-due-to-environmental-heat-exposure-in-2021.htm">dozens of workers in the US die from heat exposure</a>. This summer, a sanitation worker for the city of Baltimore died from hyperthermia, or overheating, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/15/usps-worker-heat-stroke-death-wendy-johnson/74414304007/">whether a postal worker's death in North Carolina was related to the heat</a>.There are no national standards to protect indoor and outdoor workers. The Biden administration in July <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bidens-heat-standards-workers-water-shade-rest-2024-7">proposed rules for employers with workers exposed to temperatures of 80 degrees Fahrenheit</a> or higher, but it could be years before they take effect. The rules could also be scrapped if former President Donald Trump wins the election in November.Some states and cities have enacted their own policies, including California and Phoenix. This fall Maryland is expected to become the sixth state to adopt heat protections for workers. Meanwhile, Florida and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-extreme-heat-construction-crews-lose-breaks-water-2023-6">Texas have blocked such protections</a> at the local level.The Phoenix City Council in April unanimously passed an ordinance requiring all city contractors and subcontractors to develop heat-safety plans for outdoor workers, including at construction sites and airports. The ordinance also requires access to rest, shade, water, and air conditioning. By 2025, closed-cab vehicles, like those that move airport baggage, must have AC.Ortiz described the ordinance as a big win but said she still hadn't seen her employer, Prospect Airport Services, make changes. The company has more than 8,500 employees at 26 airports around the US and has contracts with airlines to provide passenger services, baggage handlers, and gate agents."The ordinance took effect in April, and we're in August now, still fighting for our basic human rights to a break and water," Ortiz said.She and other airport contract workers tried to deliver a copy of the Phoenix ordinance to their supervisor on Tuesday, but he wouldn't leave his office, Ortiz said. Last August, Ortiz and 10 other employees filed a complaint with Arizona's occupational-safety authorities, who opened an investigation and conducted an on-site inspection, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/09/06/phoenix-excessive-heat-airport-workers/">The Washington Post reported</a>. A spokesman for the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health told Business Insider they could not immediately provide information about that investigation.Unifi Aviation, the parent company of Prospect Airport Services, told BI in a statement that it had a heat-illness-prevention program that takes effect when temperatures exceed 80 degrees, adding that managers are encouraged to continuously check for signs of heat stress or illness among employees."All outdoor workers are provided with extra breaks, quick access to unlimited water, Gatorade, cooling towels and popsicles," the company said. "When possible, misting stations are also set up at the airports in partnership with airport or airline officials. Employees are also told not to sit or loiter in jet bridges for their own safety and that of those around them."In California, farm workers are especially vulnerable to extreme heat. Lourdes Cardenas is a farm worker who lives in Fresno, California, where it has reached upward of 105 degrees Fahrenheit this summer. She said even though the state has a heat protection law, companies don't always follow it. Last summer, while working in tomato fields without shade, she had a headache and vomited. She had to drive herself home to rest."Many workers don't say anything when they feel bad because they are afraid they will be fired, or because they earn so little that they feel they have to take risks to get a paycheck," Cardenas said during a press conference on Monday hosted by labor unions, including United Farm Workers.Fast-food workers at Waffle House and Starbucks told BI that AC units at some locations were broken for weeks last summer, causing the restaurants to be hotter than 80 degrees."We know that the planet is getting hotter and hotter every year, and we're seeing skyrocketing conditions for workers that people may not always think of when they think about the heat," said April Verrett, the president of the Service Employees International Union, which is helping organize this week's rallies. "Folks on jet bridges or in the kitchen, where temperatures can exceed 110 degrees — they're making these demands that it's time for employers to act now."

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Severe food insecurity across the globe could double, the United Nations' World Food Programme said Tuesday.</li><li>Some 135 million people were "acutely food-insecure" in 2019. Without swift intervention, that number could increase to 265 million by the end of 2020, the UN says.</li><li>"We could be looking at <keyword id="61935" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Famine">famine</keyword> in about three dozen countries," David Beasley, the program's executive director, said.</li><li>Prior to the pandemic, conflicts around the world were the leading cause of food insecurity, a UN spokesperson told Business Insider.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>The <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> pandemic could precipitate a second crisis, the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday. As the health emergency ruptures global supply chains, eviscerates workers' income, and devastates conflict zones, the number of people on the brink of starvation could double to 265 million by the end of 2020, the UN said. The WFP's warning was <a href="https://insight.wfp.org/covid-19-will-almost-double-people-in-acute-hunger-by-end-of-2020-59df0c4a8072">a striking amendment</a> to its <a href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/2020-global-report-food-crises">2020 global report</a>, which said that 135 million people are already severely hungry and face starvation.The economic impact of the coronavirus will worsen the already dire state of global food security, the UN warned."<keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> is potentially catastrophic for millions who are already hanging by a thread. It is a hammer blow for millions more who can only eat if they earn a wage," Arif Husain, senior economist at WFP, said in a statement.2020 was already going to be the worst year for severe food insecurity in more than six decades, David Beasley, executive director of WFP, said during a Tuesday teleconference at the UN Security Council. "In my conversations with world leaders over the past many months, before the coronavirus even became an issue, I was saying that 2020 would be facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II for a number of reasons," Beasley said.<div type="image" title="Afghans wait in line to receive free food donated by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, ahead of the upcoming holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 5, 2019" height="3840" width="5120" msid="75281430" hostid="261"></div>He cited the Saudi-led bombing campaigns, backed by the United States, in Yemen; the Syrian civil war; and conflicts in Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan.The top three most vulnerable countries are Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Afghanistan, where a combined 43 million people are "in crisis or worse," according to the report. Venezuela came in fourth, with 9.3 million facing starvation amid <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-sanctions-us-excess-death-toll-economy-oil-trump-maduro-juan-guaido-jeffrey-sachs-a8888516.html">ongoing US sanctions</a>."And the list goes on," Beasley said. "We're already facing a perfect storm."What's looming for hundreds of millions of people, he and others said, is famine."We don't use 'the F word' lightly," Steve Taravella, a WFP spokesperson, told Business Insider in an email."WFP raising this is significant," Taravella continued. The warning "is maybe the most grim I have seen WFP issue in my 12 years here," he said.<h2>'Acutely food-insecure people in crisis or worse'</h2>Currently, Africa has been the region hit hardest by hunger or starvation, affecting 73 million people. Next is the Middle East with 43 million, Latin America with 18.5, and Europe with half a million. If the world intends to prevent the number of "acutely food-insecure people in crisis or worse" from doubling, global actors must take charge immediately, Taravella said. Taravella said there should be a full end to regional conflicts, which was the main driver of food insecurity in the last several years, explained Taravella. In 2019, conflict rendered <a href="https://www.wfp.org/news/covid-19-will-double-number-people-facing-food-crises-unless-swift-actions-taken">77 million people</a> food-insecure. The UN has worked to create a global ceasefire amid the pandemic, <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/17/trump-putin-global-ceasefire-un-coronavirus/">according to Foreign Policy</a>, but the effort has been blocked by the US and Russia.Climate change, the second biggest driver of severe hunger in 2019, must be meaningfully addressed, according to the report. Thirty-four million people were food-insecure last year because of climate-induced disasters. Economic crises were the third biggest driver, impacting 24 million people.Taravella called for state and non-state actors to give humanitarian workers "unimpeded access" to people in need."When warring factions prevent aid workers from entering areas where people need food, and when conditions are not safe for hungry people to leave hiding in conflict settings to seek food, we cannot prevent starvation," he said.He also said the WFP and other humanitarian organizations require more funding to help people around the world suffering from the pandemic."We urgently need $350 million to mount the critical response needed to feed people affected by COVID in the developing world," Taravella said.Without swift action, "we could be looking at famine in about three dozen countries, and in fact, in 10 of these countries we already have more than one million people per country who are on the verge of starvation," Beasley said.Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/united-nations-hunger-will-double-to-265-million-without-intervention-2020-4">Business Insider</a>

The coronavirus could double severe hunger around the world to 265 million people without 'swift action,' a UN report warns

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11897862" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="elon-musk" source="Orion">Elon Musk</keyword> challenged the UN to show him how $6 billion could address world hunger.</li><li>Musk said he'd "sell <keyword id="11900744" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tesla" source="Orion">Tesla</keyword> stock and do it" if the UN could show how the money would be spent.</li></ul>Elon Musk recently dared the UN to show him how $6 billion of his wealth could address world hunger. On Monday, the UN got back to him with a plan.The UN's food-assistance branch, the <keyword id="12398317" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="world-food-programme" source="Orion">World Food Programme</keyword>, laid out how it believed $6.6 billion in funding could prevent 42 million people across 43 countries from starving. The head of the WFP, David Beasley, called out Musk, the world's richest person by far, in a <a href="https://twitter.com/WFPChief/status/1460323875804397568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1460323875804397568%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2021-11-15%2Fun-s-beasley-tweets-musk-famine-action-plan-details">tweet</a> announcing the proposal."This hunger crisis is urgent, unprecedented, AND avoidable. @elonmusk, you asked for a clear plan &amp; open books. Here it is!" Beasley said. "We're ready to talk with you - and anyone else - who is serious about saving lives."Late last month, Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1454808104256737289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1454809318356750337%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fmusk-sell-tesla-stock-if-6-billion-solves-world-hunger-2021-11">challenged the WFP</a> to explain how $6 billion could "solve world hunger." He said if the organization could show exactly how the money would be spent, he would "sell Tesla stock right now and do it."Musk's challenge was a response to a <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/10/26/david-beasley-wfp-billionaires-ctw-intl.cnn">CNN interview</a> in which Beasley <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/un-food-director-calls-musk-bezos-donate-net-worth-increase-2021-10">called on billionaires</a> — specifically Musk and Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos — to chip in a combined $6 billion in a bid to save millions of people at risk of starvation.The WFP's <a href="https://www.wfp.org/appeal-billionaires-famine">proposal</a>, titled "A one-time appeal to billionaires," includes $3.5 billion for food and its delivery and $2 billion for cash and food vouchers, among other expenditures.

The UN responded to Elon Musk's challenge to prove how his wealth could tackle world hunger by revealing a $6.6 billion plan

The pandemic, global interruption to supply chains, rising costs of major primary commodities, conflicts and humanitarian <keyword id="1541218" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="crises" source="Orion">crises</keyword> threaten the functioning of world agrifood systems, <keyword id="7790373" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="qu-dongyu" source="Orion">QU Dongyu</keyword>, Director-General of the <keyword id="397960" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="food-and-agriculture-organisation" source="Orion">Food and Agriculture Organisation</keyword> of the <keyword id="6355833" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="united-nations" source="Orion">United Nations</keyword> (<keyword id="18639" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="fao" source="Orion">FAO</keyword>), said. "We are at serious risk of facing a food access crisis now, and probably a food availability crisis for the next season. All this has put at risk our efforts to achieve the SDGs," Qu said at the opening of the 2022 United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in New York on Tuesday. The HLPF is the main United Nations platform for following up and reviewing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the <keyword id="879547" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="sustainable-development-goals" source="Orion">Sustainable Development Goals</keyword> on the global level. "We must prevent the acceleration of acute food insecurity trends in the coming months and years," Qu said. The FAO Director-General outlined measures to be taken by the international community to address the situation. These include food production at the country-level must be expanded, cash and critical inputs are needed for cereal and vegetable production and to protect livestock with treatments, vaccinations, feed and water and agrifood supply chains and value chains must be strengthened with the engagement of the public and the private sectors, to support smallholder farmers and households. In addition, livelihoods, agrifood systems and economies need protection against future shocks. Speaking later in the day at the FAO-led side event, "Agrifood Systems Transformation for a Resilient World: Responding to Global Crises," Qu said, "We only have eight years before our agreed timeline to implement the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. We have no time to lose." Qu summarised the scale of the task ahead, pointing to the impacts of the pandemic, conflicts, and the cumulative loss to the global economy of more than $12 trillion in 2020 and 2021, setting back progress on the SDGs. To overcome these problems, he outlined four main areas that need attention: Investment in the countries most in need; policies that increase productivity and protect natural resources; ensuring more efficient use of available inputs and outputs; and the importance of innovation, science and research. Timely food aid is required but there needs to be more attention on producing nutritious food locally, FAO advocates. Only eight per cent of all food security funding in emergencies goes to assist agricultural production but investing in agriculture and rural livelihoods is seven to 10 times more cost-effective than traditional assistance. "We must put policies in place that both increase productivity and protect natural resources," Qu said. Qu also spoke of the need to ensure better and more efficient use of available outputs and inputs, citing the examples of global water stress, food loss and waste, and using fertilizer more efficiently. Around one billion hectares of land face severe water constraints and almost 800 million hectares of rainfed cropland and pastureland are severely affected by recurring drought. Better use of the best technology and regulation for the efficient use of water in agriculture is needed. SEE ALSO : <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/twitter-seeks-judicial-review-against-new-content-blocking-directives-from-the-it-ministry/articleshow/92677831.cms">Twitter seeks judicial review against new content blocking directives from the IT Ministry</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/infy-lic-reliance-and-6-more-stocks-that-mutual-funds-are-going-long-on/articleshow/92693363.cms">Infosys is the most favourite mutual fund stock – find out the eight others</a>

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