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• 🌪️UN weather agency urges action to close gaps in disaster warning systems. The World Meteorological Organization said surveillance systems were especially needed in developing countries, where over 90 per cent of deaths related to climate-related hazards over the past five decades have occurred.
  Reuters (EN)
• 🇺🇳How much power does the UN secretary general have to reform the body? The job comes with prestige and visibility on the global stage – but also with less clout than one would expect to counter political headwinds and push through much-needed reforms.
  Devex (EN)
• ✂️Welfare cuts have fueled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says. Politicians from centre-right and centre-left parties across the world have steadily eroded social programmes and given rise to an “extremely dangerous” discourse, Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, warns in an exclusive interview.
  The Guardian (EN)
• 🧊Opinion: Averting conflict can become Switzerland’s role in Arctic science diplomacy. As an observer state on the Arctic Council, Switzerland is well placed to contribute to governance, climate research, and multilateral dialogue concerning the geopolitically sensitive and strategic hotspot, according to experts at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
  Swissinfo (EN)