emergency came in. it was back in january the 30th 2020. for more than three years, all of us have had to get use to living with covid. now, back at the height of the pandemic, 100,000 people were dying per week. that death rate has fallen, and that s partly why beep had the announcement from the world health organization. last month, 3500 0rganization. last month, 3500 people per week where it still dying from the disease. they share numbers of people who have lost their lives to cove it is something that doctor ted droste reflected on. covid. three years since then, covid has turned three years since then, covid has turned our three years since then, covid has turned our world upside down. almost 7 million turned our world upside down. almost 7 million deaths have been reported to the 7 million deaths have been reported to the who, but we know that the toll it to the who, but we know that the toll it several times higher, at least toll it several times higher, at least 2
years. but for now, all three of the settlements making up this fast tent city are well beyond capacity. it this fast tent city are well beyond capacity.- beyond capacity. it is challenging - beyond capacity. it is challenging that - beyond capacity. it is challenging that we | beyond capacity. it is i challenging that we face beyond capacity. it 3 challenging that we face now, new arrivals coming in. as you can see here we have a small outpost for the operation that is here. we also provide water which is never enough. we are constructing latrines, we are doing 50 more. it is never enough. doing 50 more. it is never enough- doing 50 more. it is never enou:h. ., ., ~ , enough. the horn of africa is suffering enough. the horn of africa is suffering from enough. the horn of africa is suffering from the enough. the horn of africa is suffering from the worst - suffering from the worst drought in a0 years. according to the world health organization who say it could 0rganization who s
the uk. ., ., ., , the uk. now having found the virus in foxes and the uk. now having found the virus in foxes and otters, the uk. now having found the virus in foxes and otters, they the uk. now having found the virus in foxes and otters, they will - the uk. now having found the virus in foxes and otters, they will be - in foxes and otters, they will be doing more work on mammals. tote doing more work on mammals. we haven t got evidence of these viruses haven t got evidence of these viruses can maintain in those populations, but we are doing more surveillance. we have kicked off a formal surveillance. we have kicked off a formal ramping up in the last two weeks. formal ramping up in the last two weeks. but formal ramping up in the last two weeks, but it is targeted. it is looking weeks, but it is targeted. it is looking for where there is a real risk of looking for where there is a real risk of spill over into mammals so we can risk of spill over into mammals so we ca
the prime minister of barbados, she says what will need to happen is a change in the financial architecture of the world community. she is looking at changing the way the world bank lends money, then mf lends money on the world trade organization operates on that might 0rganization operates on that might free up lots of money to help developing countries transition away from fossil fuels and adapt to climate change. maybe alternative routes to achieve some of the ambitions everybody is talking about. the key thing is this, if we are going to get to the kind of huge amounts of money people talk about, it won t simply be from governments. it will be finding ways to draw in private capital, private investors into the process of both switching from fossil fuels but also building the flood defences and so forth we need to adapt to climate change. this is a discussion that goes beyond governments and into the kind of hinterland of this conference, the huge numbers of people who are
in nigeria and some 200,000 homes have been completely washed away. the water released from several dams, which was supposed situation even worse. humanitarian groups are providing shelter, but there are fears that the worst is yet to come. the world food programme and the un s food and agricultural 0rganization have both said that nigeria is one of six countries facing a high risk of a catastrophic level of hunger. with large swathes of farmland waterlogged and crops completely destroyed, rice producers are already warning that prices could soar, not least because rice imports were banned in a bid to stimulate local production. this is the worst rainy season in nigeria for a decade. but despite early warnings,