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Climate

CARE on IPCC report: ‘Every fraction of a degree matters to those already on the frontlines’

August 9, 2021

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its latest report, WG1, under the Sixth Assessment cycle (AR6). This report covers the latest peer-reviewed physical science on the changing state of the climate system, human influence on the climate system, and the future global climate. This is the only IPCC report to be published before COP26 in Glasgow.

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Health

Thousands of Critically Ill Patients Stranded with Sana’a Airport Closure

August 5, 2021

Sana’a’s airport closure for the fifth consecutive year has left stranded at least 32,000 critically ill Yemeni patients in need of life-saving treatment abroad since the first and last medical flights in February last year. Five years of restrictions imposed on Yemen’s airspace by the Saudi-led coalition is preventing thousands of sick Yemeni civilians from seeking urgent medical treatment outside the country, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and CARE said today. The airport closure is also causing economic losses estimated to be in the billions over the last five years, worsening further an already dire humanitarian situation.

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Gender Equality

Forbes: Envisioning A Gender Just World: Global Thought Leaders Weigh In

August 4, 2021

Over the past 18 months we have witnessed tectonic shifts in our world, exposing the many fundamental cracks in our societies and systems. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has exacerbated gender, racial and economic inequality, is expected to push an additional 88 million to 115 million people around the world into extreme poverty, with that number possibly rising to 150 million in 2021, laying bare the historic systemic inequities that have gone unaddressed for far too long. 

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Crisis Response

CARE Reacts to Announcement of Biden-Harris Strategies on Central America

August 4, 2021

WASHINGTON (August 5, 2021) -- With the U.S. Administration’s release of its Strategy for Addressing the Root Causes of Migration in Central America and Collaborative Migration Management Strategy, CARE welcomes this much needed step to begin tackling the Northern Triangle’s complex humanitarian and development challenges. As implementation begins, CARE urges the Administration to uphold the commitments entailed in the Strategy to promote inclusive engagement and a rights-based response.

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Health

CytoSorbents Completes its Mission 100,000 International Fundraising Campaign to Fight the Spread of COVID-19 for Global Humanitarian Organization, CARE

July 30, 2021

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., (PRNewswire) — Through its MISSION 100,000 international fundraising campaign to fight the spread of COVID-19, CytoSorbents Corporation has raised $100,000 to benefit CARE's Crisis Response Campaign. CytoSorbents will present CARE its donation at the Opening Bell ceremony at NASDAQ later this morning.

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