Manoj.Kurian

Director, Commission of the Churches on Health & Healing, WCC. Opinions are my own.

[Manoj.Kurian @ManojEAA]

@drtlaleng Dear @drtlaleng, warm greetings from Geneva. We would be honoured if you could give the keynote at our 6 July HRC62 webinar on “Human Rights & Health Equity: Addressing Stigma & Neglect Faced by Vulnerable Populations.” May we send you the full invitation by email?

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

It's tomorrow! Iconic landmarks around the world, including our own @UNGeneva Palais des Nations, will switch off lights on #EarthHour.

Join the movement and switch off all lights 💡at 8:30 p.m. your local time to #connect2earth 🌎

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60% of low-income and 30% of middle-income countries are at high risk of (or already in) debt distress. Countries are struggling to meet the basic needs of their populations, with the danger of reversing decades of progress and sparking further instability and conflict.

[IPES-Food @IPESfood]

🚩PUBLISHED TODAY: The 🌍 #foodcrisis is entering a dangerous new phase: a #debt crisis that could multiply #hunger 🥣

60% of low-income countries are in or near debt distress📈

Unsustainable #foodsystems are a major contributor to #debt crisis

https://t.co/cCu9VLTa8🚩PUBLISHED TODAY: The 🌍 #foodcrisis is entering a dangerous new phase: a #debt crisis that could multiply #hunger 🥣

60% of low-income countries are in or near debt distress📈

Unsustainable #foodsystems are a major contributor to #debt crisis

https://t.co/cCu9VLTa8🚩PUBLISHED TODAY: The 🌍 #foodcrisis is entering a dangerous new phase: a #debt crisis that could multiply #hunger 🥣

60% of low-income countries are in or near debt distress📈

Unsustainable #foodsystems are a major contributor to #debt crisis

https://t.co/cCu9VLTa8🚩PUBLISHED TODAY: The 🌍 #foodcrisis is entering a dangerous new phase: a #debt crisis that could multiply #hunger 🥣

60% of low-income countries are in or near debt distress📈

Unsustainable #foodsystems are a major contributor to #debt crisis

https://t.co/cCu9VLTa8Q

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Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic – UN Report https://t.co/DskJT3EGhJ

[World Food Programme @WFP]

💥Conflict
🌡️ Climate change
📈Economic shocks

These were the main drivers of hunger in 2019.

#COVID19 can exacerbate existing burdens and double the number of people suffering acute hunger by the end of 2020. #FightFoodCrises

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250 million children worldwide forecast to be obese by 2030 https://t.co/5Zt5CGDeSE

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Incredible story of Muslim restaurant owner in Washington who feeds the ... https://t.co/ICjfgMiwu0 via @YouTube

[Matt McGrath @MattMcGrathBBC]

Nature crisis: 'Shocking' report details threat to species https://t.co/NyQxB7UsMQ

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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? — WCC Pilgrimage Blog https://t.co/3W7WdWWLRo

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Biodiversity is essential to food and agriculture; yet, it is declining worldwide. The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture assesses its status and management around the world. https://t.co/7Ebaz4NvnI

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Fossil fuel & food industries which link obesity with undernutrition and climate change into a single Global Syndemic framework & are largely responsible for driving it, receive more than $5 trillion in annual subsidies from governments. Governments should redirect subsidies!

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

New #GlobalSyndemic Commission focuses on the systems that produce #obesity – incl. food/agriculture policies, transportation, urban design/land use, and policies/economic incentives that promote overconsumption and inequalities https://t.co/N6TzFFHtBy

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Demand that Pres. Bolsonaro Bring Back the Brazilian Council for Food Security & Nutrition! #care2 https://t.co/6Cjj0pHZIb

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The diet to save lives, the planet and feed us all? https://t.co/g8cJyTfeYG

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Our oceans broke heat records in 2018 and the consequences are catastrophic https://t.co/OqT6J7RCFB

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The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere | Royal Society Open Science https://t.co/rbWUz0cj2v

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Illegal mining in Amazon rainforest has become an 'epidemic' https://t.co/pm6p1WBG3y

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Seventy years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we face one of the biggest challenges and injustices of all times https://t.co/cVkfnQbdiF

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More than half of the 87,000 women killed in 2017 were reported as dying at the hands of those closest to them. https://t.co/7bDcJ613ba

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BBC News - 'Seed Mother': The woman protecting India's indigenous crops https://t.co/v5ghZwPl6K