👩🏻‍🔬New global science panel set for chemicals, waste, and pollution. States concluded last Friday negotiations in Uruguay to set up an IPCC-like expert body under the UN Environment Programme that will be tasked with offering policy advice for governments on how to tackle the chemical waste crisis.

💰Scoop: USAid being 'forced' to award millions to disastrous Gaza humanitarian foundation. The foundation's request for $30 million from the now beleaguered USAid is being “forced” by higher-ups to quickly approve, according to sources.

🗳️Campaigners issue mass call for reforms to rescue UN climate process. In a push for more ambition at Cop30 in Belém, NGOs presented a set of demands at mid-way climate talks in Bonn, including that nations vote on decisions rather than only pass them if there is consensus and that there are restrictions on industry lobbying at the negotiations.

🌡️Asia is warming twice the rate of global average, WMO warns. In 2024, Asia’s average temperature was about 1.04°C above the average for 1991 to 2020, ranking as the warmest or second warmest year on record, a report released by the UN agency shows.

🌇Opinion: If Gavi plans a ‘sunset,’ let it be a thoughtful transition. The difference between a deliberate exit strategy and abrupt donor withdrawal is crucial in this period of transition in global health programming, writes global health security expert Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene.

🚥WTO grants Chinese request for panel on Canadian tariffs, trade official says. The request concerns additional import duties imposed by Canada on certain Chinese products, a Geneva-based trade official said on Monday.