Geographer. Political-economy/humanitarian analysis at the World Bank. Also @mapaction and @hotosm. #mmcambridge moving Jordan side
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In #Yemen 🇾🇪, 2.5 million people are in danger of experiencing emergency levels of acute #food insecurity, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Report produced by the @WorldBank Group, @ACAPSproject, @FAO, @UNICEF, @WFP, & @WHO.
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Malnutrition affects schooling & health outcomes, as well as income earning potential.
After almost a decade of heightened food crisis in #Yemen, the long-term harmful effects are likely to be felt for generations to come.
Read our report: wrld.bg/fXLK50R9Jwj #HealthDay
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The operation to #StopRedSeaSpill and avert an environmental and humanitarian disaster is gathering pace.
Pumping from the #FSOSafer is well underway with 223,000 barrels of oil safely removed so far.
Thanks to @SweMFA 🇸🇪and partners for supporting this critical operation!
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The UN-led project to prevent a massive oil spill from the #FSOSafer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast began today with the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from the decaying vessel.
Read the Press Release:
bit.ly/3pWntbB
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At 4:30am this morning engines were started to begin final manoeuvre of moving replacement tanker MOST YEMEN alongside FSO #Safer.
🙏 @beleefboskalis & our @UNDP & @UN teams for a smooth operation. Getting READY to pump the oil & #StopReadSeaSpilll
Steve Penson retweeted
HELP IS ON THE WAY! The tanker that will take on the million barrels of oil from the decaying #FSOSafer left Zhoushan today en route to the Red Sea. But funding is urgently needed to start the salvage operation and prevent a major oil spill. PR: bit.ly/3zBBSuR @UNDP
Steve Penson retweeted
Call to Action: Map Southern Turkey
Dear @openstreetmap community,
We’re asking your help to support mapping the areas which have been terribly affected by the powerful earthquake (7.8 magnitude) in Southern Turkey. #TurkeyEarthquake
Mapping Tasks:
bit.ly/TurkiyeEQ2023
Steve Penson retweeted
A major step forward in preventing a major oil spill by the FSOSafer! Next steps are: transferring the funds, signing the contracts and start mobilising. We need all parties to work together to implement the UN Plan. This has also been my message when visiting Muscat this week.
The #United_Nations official leading the organization’s efforts on the #FSOSafer said that donors have generously pledged all of the $75 million required for the emergency operation to transfer oil from the decaying supertanker to a safe vessel.
Read more: bit.ly/3LCJvGM
Steve Penson retweeted
In a milestone announcement, the UN says that work to avoid a $20 billion clean up bill by securing oil stored in a stricken tanker of the #Yemen coast, can begin, once the $75m pledged for phase one is secured #FSOSafer @UNinYE
news.un.org/en/story/2022/09…
Steve Penson retweeted
No seriously the UN needs $14 million to stop me from leaking one million barrels into one of the most important global transit waterways. I am literally the easiest problem to fix in the Middle East today.
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Keep thinking you could do my job better than me? Now you can! But time is running out to apply
jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/senio…
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UN Envoy Grundberg announces that the parties agreed to extend the truce in #Yemen under the same terms for an additional 2 months. This extension includes a commitment to intensify negotiations to reach an expanded truce agreement as soon as possible. osesgy.unmissions.org/press-…
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The UN-brokered truce in #Yemen has been in force for almost four months. This infographic captures its impact on civilians and progress on implementation.
A detailed timeline of the truce period is available here: osesgy.unmissions.org/timeli…
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#Yemen | Risk risk of environmental disaster:
Lack of maintenance of FSO Safer –w/a cargo of +1.100M barrels of #Marib light crude oil– makes two scenarios increasingly likely:
1.Oil spill
2.Explosion &🔥on board the unit
🆕FSO Safer impact assessment acaps.org/sites/acaps/files/…
Steve Penson retweeted
Readout of yesterday's #Yemen meeting by the Quint (#Oman #Saudi #UAE +🇬🇧🇺🇸). Many important points here. But why is the potential massive #oil spill from #FSOsafer (point 14) always near the end of any list? It must be prioritised. If it occurs, it will dwarf most other issues
Steve Penson retweeted
Urgent support is needed to prevent a major oil spill by the #FSOSafer tanker, stranded off the coast of Yemen.
A spill would destroy ocean ecosystems & result in the loss of 200,000 fishing jobs & the closure of crucial shipping ports.
You can help: un.org/StopRedSeaSpill
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A floating oil storage facility in Yemeni waters is on the verge of breaking or blowing up.
Time is running out to raise the remaining $20 million needed for an urgent salvage operation to prevent ecological and economic damage of historic proportions.
crisisgroup.org/middle-east-…
Steve Penson retweeted
The #FSOSafer is a decaying oil supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast & could break apart or explode at any time, resulting in an environmental & humanitarian catastrophe. Learn how The @UN is working to prevent a major oil spill: un.org/stopredseaspill #StopRedSeaSpill
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1/3 As the truce in #Yemen enters its final few weeks, reopening road access in and around should be a top priority. New @CrisisGroup commentary with photos taken by @Basha_ crisisgroup.org/middle-east-…
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The parties agreed to renew the 2-month UN-mediated truce. UN Envoy Hans Grundberg stressed that for the truce to fully deliver on its potential, additional steps will need to be taken that require leadership and a vision for all of #Yemen.
osesgy.unmissions.org/press-…