Will 2021 bring a new world order?
This Covid winter is only just beginning, and it’s already feeling long, cold, and dreary. Countries across Europe are going back into lockdown, and Switzerland could well be the next, if virus cases continue to rise.
This content was published on December 15, 2020 - 14:00
December 15, 2020 - 14:00
Imogen Foulkes
And yet despite this seismic year, and the once unimaginable disruption to all our lives, the world ticks on. Food, for most of us, is being shipped around the world, arriving in our supermarkets on time. Trains are running, mostly; kids are at school, mostly.
There are other, less positive continuities too; war in Syria and Yemen, climate change related drought and potential famine in Africa’s Sahel region, refugee crises caused by conflict and instability from Venezuela to Ethiopia.
Inside Geneva: the state of humanitarian aid
In a year where crises seem to be everywhere, how will help get to those who need it? And are we even approaching humanitarian aid in the right way?
This content was published on December 15, 2020 - 13:01
December 15, 2020 - 13:01
Imogen Foulkes
The latest episode of the Inside Geneva podcast features a discussion on the state of humanitarian aid with host Imogen Foulkes and guests Rein Paulsen of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Julie Billaud of Geneva s Graduate Institute, and analyst Daniel Warner.
External Content
You can read more from Imogen on the topic here, in her monthly column.