really? the un, of course, tries to raise emergency monies from the nations of the world forjust these sorts of crises. there s the world food programme, a whole host of other un and multilateral agencie which go in to crisis situations and try to alleviate the worst of the suffering and certainly to avoid famine. is that not working? the system has worked in the past. the last time we were worried about drought conditions in east africa, the international community did come together, did deliver billions of dollars worth of aid. 0rganisations like 0xfam were part of a relief. ..relief operation that saved lives. this time around, only a fraction of the resource that the un and organisations like ours need are being delivered. take the uk, for example, which has cut its aid budget just at a time of rising humanitarian need is only delivering a fraction of the aid that it delivered a few years ago. and so there is a chronic underfunding of resources
looming in a region. and, of course, the resources, especially from donor countries, just not being delivered into a system. really? the un, of course, tries to raise emergency monies from the nations of the world forjust these sorts of crises. there s the world food programme, a whole host of other un and multilateral agencies which go in to crisis situations and try to alleviate the worst of the suffering and certainly to avoid famine. is that not working? the system has worked in the past. the last time we were worried about drought conditions in east africa, the international community did come together, did deliver billions of dollars worth of aid. 0rganisations like 0xfam were part of a relief. ..relief operation that saved lives. this time around, only a fraction of the resource that the un and organisations like ours need are being delivered. take the uk, for example, which has cut its aid budget just at a time of rising humanitarian need
that s naive, it s never going to happen. and yet we ve delivered an aid system. if we d said a few years ago, there s no way that rich countries would agree to a loss and damage fund to pay for adaptation against climate change in the poorest countries, and yet that s what came out of the last climate negotiations. sure. all i would say is that there s a big difference between agreeing and delivering, whether it be on aid as a proportion of national income, or whether it be on the climate change promises to give some sort of reparations to those countries worst affected, who were not responsible for the emissions in the first place. i think that s where it comes back to the role of civil society. 0rganisations like ours are there to float new ideas, to hold governments to account for that delivery, and why also it s really important that organisations like ours speak out. you know, we are. this is the 75th anniversary of the signing of
says he s expanding the capital s low emissions vehicles zone, the ulez, to cover the whole of the capital from next summer. it s estimated 200,000 cars and vans currently on the road will be liable for the £12.50 daily charge. after public consultation, it was found a majority of people, opposed the expansion. teachers in scotland will strike for another 16 days, in their dispute over pay. the largest teaching union, the eis says the consecutive days of action across country, will take place injanuary and february next year. strike action yesterday, closed nearly every primary and secondary school in scotland, and many council nurseries. 0rganisations working to help victims of stalking have begun what s called a super complaint againt the police in england and wales, accusing them of not doing enough to investigate potential crimes. the home office says it takes stalking extremely seriously, but a decade after it was made a specific criminal offence, people
absolutely, very important question. across the complex criminaljustice system at the moment, we are seeing a lot of pinch points. we are seeing a lot of pinch points. we are seeing a crisis injustice with a lot of pinch points. we are seeing a crisis in justice with court delays, burglaries are not being attended to come up with individuals waiting for months if not years to have their day and cases heard. what is important from the system from the police to the courts is more investment in the system but also to ensure that signposting and awareness raising and outreach is undertaken. 0rganisations such as ourselves at victim support to provide that independent support from the police. what we do need though is to keep good positive working relations with the police so they can speak confidently, they can speak compassionately and they can speak compassionately and they can speak about who we are, what we can do for those victims and make sure that those people who experience