Here's what else is happening

• 🚬 Global tobacco use tumbles despite industry lobbying. Tobacco use has declined to about one in five adults smoking today compared to one in three in 2000, the World Health Organization said.
  Reuters (EN)
• ♀️ Azerbaijan appoints no women to 28-member Cop29 climate committee. The decision was called “regressive” by the She Changes Climate campaign group, which said “climate change affects the whole world, not half of it”.
  The Guardian (EN)
• 🇾🇪 US-UK airstrikes force aid agencies to suspend operations in Yemen. A group of 23 humanitarian organisations said they had to suspend their work due to safety and security concerns, including Save the Children, which has 700 staff on the ground.
  The Guardian (EN)
• ⚖️ First US nitrogen-gas execution may constitute torture. The UN human rights office called on the US state of Alabama to halt its first planned execution of a prisoner by nitrogen gas asphyxiation this month, saying it could amount to torture under international human rights law.
  The Gazette (EN)
• ⚕️Why Bill Gates wants a COP for global health. Speaking at Davos, the billionaire suggested an event like the climate summit could help solve the funding uncertainty for health issues.
  Devex (EN)