A global relief fund of a record $51.5bn will be needed to assist 339 million people suffering because of 2022’s ‘extreme events’
Speaking on Wednesday as he presented the UN’s 2023 global humanitarian overview , Griffiths said: “There’s no doubt that 2023 is going to perpetuate these ‘on steroids’ trends [particularly in climate crisis].”
Those projected to be in need of assistance are spread over 68 countries, but in 10 of them, where the UN has unveiled humanitarian relief plans costing more than $1bn, the needs are particularly high. They include Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia, which isGraphic showing that the UN plans to spend $4.
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