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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the world is racing toward a climate change disaster and dismissed the global response as woefully inadequate. He says current climate policies are taking the world to a 2.8-degree temperature rise by the end of the century. "That spells catastrophe. Yet the collective response remains pitiful," Guterres tells a news conference. SOUNDBITE
The World Cup countdown clock marks 100 day to go until the start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. IMAGES
During a speech at the London School of Economics (LSE) ahead of the COP26 climate conference, US Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry emphasises the importance of accelerating efforts to combat climate change 'now', highlighting that 'mathematics and physics' and not 'ideology' should be driving the push. SOUNDBITE
More than 100,000 people have died worldwide from the coronavirus, with nearly 70 percent of all fatalities in Europe, according to an AFP tally Friday compiled from official sources. ANIMATED VIDEOGRAPHIC
The new coronavirus pandemic is clearly "accelerating", the World Health Organization warns, but says it is still possible to "change the trajectory" of the outbreak. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says "we are not helpless bystanders. We can change the trajectory of this pandemic." IMAGES
- Official selection, Act on climate change edition (2015) - Director : Puneet Arora - Country : India The 15th edition of the Mobile Film Festival is now open! A special edition in partnership with Youtube Creators for Change and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) The rules are simple : 1 Mobile • 1 Minute • 1 Film • 1 Theme : ACT NOW on climate change Submit your films until Oct 16th, 2019 on http://www.mobilefilmfestival.com/ Win 46 000 € grants to produce your film! Follow the Mobile Film Festival on : Facebook : http://bit.ly/2eV1ZSc Twitter : http://bit.ly/2favT9X Instagram : http://bit.ly/2eV1Y0 YouTube : http://bit.ly/Watch-MFF2018 LinkedIn : shorturl.at/gFMO8