31K views · 54 reactions | The US has taken a step closer to reprising its role as a world leader on climate policy after President Joe Biden signed a raft of executive orders protecting federal land and halting oil and gas leases. Speaking ahead of the news, David Waskow, director of the climate initiative at the World Resources Institute in Washington DC, explains why such sweeping measures are needed. https://rfi.my/74rP.y | RFI English | Facebook

The UN's humanitarian chief has warned that some 90 percent of people in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia are in desperate need of food aid, with hundreds of thousands living in 'famine conditions'. And yet members of the UN Security Council have failed to agree on meeting to discuss the ongoing conflict there. As he prepares to leave his post, Mark Lowcock told RFI why it's time for the international community to step up. https://rfi.my/7Syh.f | RFI English