Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): Globally, tobacco control measures are not yielding the desired outcomes exacerbating the challenges for policymakers. WHO statistics indicate that 8 million deaths occur every year due to tobacco and an additional 1.2 million deaths are caused due to second-hand smoke. An article by two former WHO officials Prof. Robert Beaglehole and Prof. Ruth Bonita published on Lancet, a global medical journal, suggests that only 30 per cent of the countries are on track to achieve WHO's target of 30 per cent reduction by 2030 in adult tobacco usage. The number of tobacco smokers worldwide is reducing at a much slower rate than expected. India with close to 100 million adult smokers - has a critical public health concern. In fact the article further highlights the missing strategy of harm reduction in WHO's global treaty, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), causing its failure to meet goals. Globally, many nations will mi
does seem as though things are calm. it seems the israeli mill tear has a lot more control of the situation than last time. this is coming while israelis, palestinians, egyptians, jordanians, americans met in sharm el-sheikh in egypt to try to calm the situation, especially ahead of ramada, which starts this week. all eyes on holy sites in jerusalem where ramadan is expected to really raise the tension quite a bit. our thanks to hadas gold. i m rosemary church. 4 international viewers, world sport is next. for those here in north america, i ll be back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment. i think that s carvana. let s go. let s go. adjusting the amount. adjusting the amount. yes, please. a lot can happen in a moment.
accountability that the funds received by governments will contribute to achieving climate justice? all right. hemantha, i should just remind people that the loss and damage was that historic agreement taken at cop27 in sharm el sheikh by richer nations to try to give money to developing countries to help them recover from the damage and the economic losses of climate change. but your answer to that question about accountability for such funds. in my opinion, all the - developing countries have been asked, in this loss and damage fund, for more than 15 years, i and it s a great thing| that we got that loss and damage fund in sharm el sheikh in egypt. - but, unfortunately, there s no. money, and it will take another four, five years to bring - the procedures, guidelines, and then the developedj countries to put money. and, of course, although inl copenhagen, the countries developed countries agreed . to put us$100 billion annually, that money didn t come, i still the green climate fun