WHO's emergency moves follow months of warnings the U.N. health agency faces severe impacts if U.S. funding dries up.
The World Health Organization imposed a freeze on hiring and other cost-cutting measures as it grapples with the imminent withdrawal of its largest donor, the United States, due to President Donald Trump's executive order.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus put an immediate hold on new recruitment, ordered almost all meetings to be held virtually, and limited technical support missions to countries in the greatest need.
Health officials say millions of lives are at risk as the U.S. withdraws funding from treatment and prevention programs.
Record heat and rightward political shifts toward nationalist self-interest undermine efforts to cut fossil fuel dependence.
The process of forcing the United States to withdraw from the Paris climate treaty and WHO will take a year to complete.
The U.N. weather agency says the Paris Agreement's long-term temperature goal is "not yet dead but in grave danger."
Health officials say millions of lives are at risk as the U.S. withdraws funding from treatment and prevention programs.
Three days of talks in Rome ended with nations agreeing to support a $200 billion a year global plan to protect nature.
Leaders and experts say stronger international cooperation is needed to support the world's digital infrastructure.
The Trump administration's erosion of U.S. policy as Europe's main protector played out in a series of U.N. votes on Ukraine.
