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Featuring other celebrity advocates, including Alexis Ren and Ronen Rubinstein, UNDP s HalfTheWorld campaign reminds us that if we don t address the two biggest crises of our time, half the world will be left behind.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ On the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change, celebrities and influencers have teamed up with the United Nations Development Programme to raise awareness of the alarming rate at which COVID-19 and climate change are increasing inequalities around the world.
Led by UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, author and television host
Padma Lakshmi, the HalfTheWorld campaign leverages social media platforms of participating celebrities and influencers to help spread the message that we must address the climate and COVID-19 crises together. If we don t,
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Among those hit hardest by the two crises are the four billion people half of the world’s population who struggle to make ends meet and lack any social protection such as unemployment benefits or healthcare. Suffering the most devastating effects of droughts, floods and now COVID-19, those who have the least stand to lose the most during the two biggest crises facing the world today.
Severe long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could push an additional 207 million people into extreme poverty by 2030, on top of the current pandemic trajectory, according to a study released earlier this month by UNDP.