BBCNEWS BBC News December 2, 2021 10:42:00
The united nations is calling for a record $41 billion to fund its humanitarian work next year. launching the appeal in geneva, they said protracted conflicts and the climate crisis were hitting the most vulnerable hardest, with record numbers in need. imogen foulkes reports from geneva. $41 billion — it is a big number but the numbers in need are vast. the un says a record 274 million people will require emergency aid in 2022. why so many? conflicts that never seem to end, from afghanistan to syria to yemen, together with new ones in ethiopia, and now, climate change, too, driving displacem...