Indonesia is one of the nations with the highest global catastrophe risk, and dealing with these catastrophic disasters is becoming costly for Indonesia. Being situated on the Ring of Fire, the nation of more than 270 million people is constantly affected by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis. At least 162 people have died and 100 have been wounded as a result of an earthquake on Java, the largest island in Indonesia. Rescuers are looking for survivors buried under the wreckage as a series of aftershocks continue to shake Indonesia’s largest island, Java, which has been the scene of a severe earthquake that has killed 162 people and injured hundreds more. The earthquake’s epicenter is a heavily populated, landslide-prone area with many poorly constructed. The capital city of Jakarta also felt the effects of the earthquake.

The archipelagic nation of Indonesia has one of the highest rates of natural disasters globally, with at least 1.5 thousand disasters happening there each year. In Indonesia, there is typically one earthquake per year that has a magnitude of six or higher that results in both human casualties and environmental or infrastructural damage. Due to the disasters Indonesia faces, the government relies solely on the state budget to cover the cost of disasters. It puts at risk the funding set aside for other high-priority areas including education, health, and sub-national government initiatives.

In order to strengthen institutional capacity for both national disaster management planning and international and regional collaboration, Indonesia has implemented a set of policies and initiatives. For many years, spatial awareness has been ingrained culturally but not structurally. To enable more systematic planning, implementation, and evaluation of DRR activities, the HFA prioritizes disaster risk reduction (DRR) at the regional, national, and subnational levels. Increasing resilience and ability to adapt to climate-related hazards, which fundamentally involves reducing catastrophic risks, is one of the goals of Goal 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. Natural catastrophes are becoming more deadly, expensive, and destructive, raising widespread worries. Indonesia needs to strengthen preparedness to such disasters

Biden and Xi will speak on November 14 in Bali, Indonesia, about “efforts to maintain and deepen lines of communication” between the two nations amid rising tensions, the White House announced in a statement on November 10, 2022.
The White House has confirmed that US President Joe Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) summit. This will be the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since Biden assumed office in early 2021.
Furthermore, the two will also talk about “responsibly managing competition” and “working together when our interests match, notably on transnational concerns that affect the international community,” among other topics.

Zhao Lijian

The US suggestion for a meeting between the two leaders was taken “seriously” by China, according to Zhao Lijian, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, and teams from both countries were in discussion about it. The US’s strategy toward China is clear and consistent. We are committed to working with the US in a way that benefits both of our countries. We will vigorously protect our interests in security, development, and sovereignty at the same time, Zhao stated.
Moreover, the conversation in Bali will be the first time Biden and Xi have spoken in person since Biden became president, despite the fact that they have had a few virtual meetings.
According to reports, Biden planned to speak with Xi about the rising hostilities between Washington and Beijing. In our conversation, Biden remarked, “What I want to do is set out what each of our red lines is and understand what he feels to be in the key national interests of China, and what I know to be in the critical interests of the US.”
However, relations between Beijing and Washington have deteriorated to their lowest point in decades since Biden and Xi last met in person under the Obama administration, particularly since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August.

On November 9, 2022, Afghan women were prevented from attending Kabul’s amusement parks after the Taliban’s morals ministry announced that there will be limitations on women’s access to public parks.
When questioned, a representative of the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (MPVPV) acknowledged that women would be prohibited from entering parks, but they did not answer to inquiries for more information.
The extent of the limits and their impact on an earlier MPVPV directive requiring that parks, including outdoor areas, be divided by gender and set aside for women on specific days were unclear.

A call for comment was ignored by Bilal Karimi, a deputy spokesperson for the extreme Taliban leadership.
Taliban spies were present and observing the situation when numerous women were turned away by park staff at an amusement park with rides in Kabul.
For security reasons, Masooma, a Kabul resident, had intended to take her grandchild to the park but was turned away. “When a mother arrives at park with their kids, they have to be allowed in because they haven’t seen anything wonderful. They have to play and be entertained. We are now coming home after much pleading to let us enter the park was refused” she said.
In order to speak freely about this difficult issue, two park managers requested anonymity. They claimed Taliban representatives had instructed them to forbid women from entering their parks.

Since taking control of Afghanistan last year, the Taliban have enforced the belief that women should not leave the house without a male relative and must wear face coverings, though some urban dwellers choose to disregard this tradition and some women are now allowed to work in government institutions. On indications that all girls’ high schools would open in March, the group also reversed course.
The Taliban, according to Western nations, needs to change its position on women’s rights before the Taliban administration can receive official recognition. According to the Taliban’s understanding of Islamic law, they support women’s rights.

The city, surrounded by grape garden beds and fruit orchards, has long been regarded by Afghans as a centre of culture. It was supposed to be developed over the previous two decades into a hub of free speech with a vibrant literary scene where single young people of both sexes might gather for tea in public places and be overheard reading their own poems to one another, but it just seems like a dream now. Apart from the other big issues, women in Afghanistan continue to suffer. Human rights violations against women and girls have increased substantially over the past year. The Taliban have consistently kept their commitment to keep women and girls out of public life, despite initial assurances that they would be let to enjoy their rights under Sharia law, including the ability to work and study. The de facto government has abolished the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and does not have any female cabinet members, essentially ending women’s political involvement. In addition, the Taliban forbade females from continuing their education above the sixth grade and prohibited women from pursuing the majority of occupations outside the house.

When the Taliban took over, they gave hope that they will not deprive women and girls from the rights but the majority of women and girls hid in their houses out of fear and a number of the city’s most courageous women risked to demonstrate against the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education and limitations on their movement. Women who were protesting in the street stated that they wanted to continue going to their work. This is not the case now. Since, the world’s attention has been diverted from Afghanistan now, the situation is becoming worse there again. Recently a lot of cases have been repoted of the girls not going or allowed to go to school and being forced marry. Early child marriage is again rising there.

Women are subject to strict limitations imposed by the Taliban. Since the withdrawal of international powers, Afghanistan’s aid-dependent economy has crumbled, leaving hundreds of thousands without work and half of its 38 million population hungry.

At least eight people were killed in a bomb assault on a busy pedestrian route in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday. Authorities believe the incident may have been carried out by terrorists, shattering the quiet as Turkey’s tourism sector struggles to recover from the epidemic. The authorities provided little information in the hours that followed the incident, which was the bloodiest in Turkey in more than five years, other than to indicate they were looking into the possibility that a woman may have set off the device. Without naming a particular group, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to punish anyone responsible for the explosion. A popular area of Istanbul was shaken by the explosion, and by Sunday evening, Turkish officials had estimated that 81 people had been hurt, with two of them in serious condition. Due to a neighboring soccer match that attracted spectators in the evening, one of Turkey’s top soccer teams was even more packed than normal on Sunday.

The region, like many others in Turkey where tourism is important to the local economy, has suffered recently as a result of travel restrictions and concerns about coronavirus infection. However, the region recovered this summer as the epidemic subsided and Turkey became a more appealing travel destination because to the weak Turkish lira. Turkey has accused Kurdish militants of carrying out the blast that left six people dead and scores more injured on Sunday in central Istanbul. Turkey has also compared the US to a “murderer” for its support of Kurdish fighters in Syria. The bomber has been identified as a Syrian lady by the name of Ahlam Albashir, according to a statement from Istanbul police posted on their official Twitter account. The statement claims that during questioning, the lady acknowledged receiving orders from the PYD, the Syrian Democratic Union Party, which Turkey perceives as the PKK’s Syrian wing. Turkey has been at war with the PKK for many years.

The tourist sector, which contributes billions of dollars in foreign currency to Turkey’s struggling economy, may potentially be in danger as a result of the attack. Turkey, a member of NATO, has long demanded that the US stop supporting the SDF, which collaborated with the US in the fight against Isis. This is because the militia has ties to the PKK, which both Washington and Ankara have designated as a terrorist organization due to its four-decade-long insurgency in Turkey.

Malnutrition and food insecurity are connected, and several UN sustainable development objectives include these issues as key worldwide concerns. All types of malnutrition, such as stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity, are predicted by food insecurity. One of the main signs of food insecurity is hunger, which is determined by the frequency of under-nutrition. The incidence of undernourishment and severe food insecurity therefore represent the burden of severe food deprivation in the population, notwithstanding the differences in assessment techniques and data sources. In order to eliminate malnutrition, the UN agencies are now urging new ways of thinking that take hunger, food insecurity, and their effects on nutrition into account. Modern global perishable industries place high importance on cold chain (CC) management. It may be defined as the process of planning, executing and regulating the flow and storage of perishable commodities, related services, and information to enhance customer value and assure low costs, but several definitions have been presented in the literature.

A new UN research recommends Islamabad that as food insecurity and climate change worsen, governments, international development partners, and business engage in sustainable living storage and distribution to combat hunger, support community livelihoods, and prepare for climate change. According to a report on sustainable food chains released on Saturday at the 27th Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), cold food chains are essential to meeting the challenge of feeding an additional two billion people by 2050 and utilizing the resilience of rural areas while avoiding increased carbon dioxide emissions.

828 million people throughout the world experienced hunger in 2021, up 46 million from the previous year. A nutritious diet was out of reach for about 3.1 billion people in 2020, 112 million more than in 2019, as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic’s adverse economic effects and rising prices. Meanwhile, this year’s Ukrainian war has increased the cost of key cereals, endangering food security.” At a time when the international community must act to address the climate and food crises, sustainable food cold chains can make a huge difference,” said UNEP Executive Director Inger Anderson. “They enable us to reduce food loss, improve food security, slow greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs, reduce poverty and build resilience – all in one go.” While all of this is happening, it is estimated that 14% of all food grown for human use is lost before it is consumed. One of the primary causes of total losses (12%) is the absence of a functioning cold chain to maintain the nutritional content, safety, and quality of food.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shabaz Sharif visited china for two days 1st and 2nd November 2022, it is his first visit to China since taking office in April this year. But it is the second meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping as both the leaders met earlier on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, last month. During the recent meeting the leadership of Pakistan and China reviewed their all-weather strategic alliance and discussed regional and global developments. Despite changes to the world politics, Beijing and Islamabad have always provided mutual understanding, trust, and support since the two nations’ diplomatic relations were established more than 70 years ago. China and Pakistan have advanced together in recent years in response to changes in the global arena. They have worked together to address issues brought on by Covid-19 and significant natural disasters, promoted cooperation within the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), enhanced interactions and collaboration at all levels as well as improved coordination in global and regional affairs.

Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and Xi Jinping, the President of China reached an understanding to advance multilateral cooperation in a number of sectors, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and strategic alliance. In a joint statement, both countries agreed to broaden and speed up CPEC. It is said in the statement “Recognizing that ML-1 is a project of key significance under the CPEC framework and of importance to Pakistan’s socio-economic development, the two sides agreed to build upon the leadership consensus and to advance the process of its earliest implementation. Additionally, they decided to make swift progress on the Karachi Circular Railway, which was crucial for Pakistan’s largest metropolis. The ML-1 cost has increased significantly from the initial $6.6 billion to $10 billion as a result of several delays that have affected it for a very long time. The visit was successful because three major projects worth nearly $12 billion were approved for inclusion in the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in back-to-back meetings of various forums. The both sides also decided to look for options for enhancing bilateral trade volume. Additionally, a long-standing demand by Chinese investors for escrow accounts for the automatic payment of their dues against electricity supply was resolved. The historical alliance between China and Pakistan serves the interests of both nations. The Pakistani side emphasized that the connection between Pakistan and China is the foundation of its foreign strategy and also the Pakistani side reaffirmed its support for the One-China Policy. The Chinese side reaffirmed that its foreign policy will always place a high priority on relations with Pakistan.

For their first summit since the region became divided over a series of normalization agreements with Israel, Arab leaders have gathered in the capital city of Algeria. Before the coronavirus pandemic began in 2019, the 22-member Arab League last met for a summit. The establishing of diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab League nations including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan, the effects of the conflict in Ukraine have significantly changed the regional agenda in the past years. In his opening remarks to the first Arab League summit in three years, Algeria’s president urged Arab unity in the face of rising “tensions and crises.” In his opening remarks, Abdelmadjid Tebboune stated, “Our main and first cause, the mother of all causes, the Palestinian issue, will be at the heart of our concerns and our main priority.” Additionally, the president of Algeria issued a warning that “extraordinary global conditions are fostering divisiveness, which is affecting our food security.”

The Arab League was established in 1945 with an objective to foster unity, has been harmed in recent years by widening divides. The leauge has remained committed to create Palestine as an independent state for many years, but its efforts have been hampered by factors such as Iran’s influence, the Syrian civil war, and certain members’ decisions to normalize relations with Israel. However, the Arab League summit two days came to a conclusion with a statement that reaffirmed the organization’s support for the establishment of a Palestinian state, protection of the holy sites of Jerusalem against Israel’s violations and denounced both Israel’s use of force and blockade of Gaza. Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, urged calls for unity, “We must intensify coordination and consultation and reject our internal differences and prioritize our common interests.” He added, “We stress the importance of continuous coordination among our Arab countries to enhance our national and regional security and renew our total rejection and response to the approach of expansion and domination at the expense of others.

The UN warned on November 3, 2022, that the effects of climate change on the world’s most vulnerable nations could surpass attempts to adapt to global warming. This is despite the fact that “substantial” amounts of international financing have already been diverted for other projects.

Numerous emerging economies, which are least responsible for the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, are among those most vulnerable to the effects of the climate, including intensifying drought, flooding, and cyclones. One of the most challenging topics of the UN climate negotiations, which start their latest round in Egypt, is funding to assist them in adapting to accelerating consequences and reducing emissions.

Rich countries have fallen short of their promise to give underdeveloped countries $100 billion year, only giving them $83 billion in 2020. That $29 billion was only used in part for adaptation. Inger Andersen, the head of the UN Environment Programme, noted that this leaves a “yawning vacuum to be addressed” and that the real demands were roughly five to ten times more than the funding allocated in 2020.
While states have pledged to provide additional funds for countries that are vulnerable to climate change, richer countries have been accused of passing off other forms of help, such as humanitarian aid, as climate funding. According to Henry Neufeldt, author of the UNEP report, “some of that money — and we don’t know how much, but certainly a considerable percentage — is not genuinely adaptation or mitigation, it’s repurposed.”

But as the planet warms, the effects of climate change get more severe, and planning for them becomes more expensive.

UNEP increased its projections for adaptation from a year earlier, stating that by 2030, countries will require $160 billion to $340 billion yearly to boost resilience, increasing to $315 billion and $565 billion by 2050.
The UN issued a warning that the world was far from meeting the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels.

The shooting at a political gathering on November 3, 2022, which Imran Khan’s party described as an assassination attempt and resulted in one person being murdered, other people being hurt, and protests from Khan’s fans, was survived by Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan.

The gunshot at the PTI gathering that injured former prime minister Imran Khan and others was “highly condemned” by the United States. In a statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed sympathies to the family of the victim who was slain and wished Imran Khan and all others a speedy and complete recovery. The Secretary of State urged all parties to refrain from using violence, harassment, and intimidation, saying that it had no place in politics. The United States is deeply committed to a democratic and peaceful Pakistan, and we stand with the Pakistani people, the secretary continued in his statement.

The assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Imran Khan was denounced by numerous other foreign leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “I strongly condemn this violence and utterly reject the attack on Imran Khan and his followers. It has no place in our culture, in politics, or in any democracy. Imran and all those hurt today deserve a quick recovery, Trudeau tweeted on his official Twitter account.
The attempted assassination of the former premier in Gujranwala was condemned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well.
In addition, “Imran Khan is strong and will get back on his feet,” according to Britain’s Minister of State Zac Goldsmith, who called the news of the incident disgusting. He said, “Those forces in Pakistan who think they can suppress democracy there via murder are wrong, and they will be exposed to be wrong.”

Moreover, the news shocked and saddened eminent Islamic scholar Mufti Menk. “I send him my best wishes for a quick recovery. Regardless of our disagreements, all forms of violence are completely abhorrent and wrong” he continued.
In this context, James Cleverly, the British foreign secretary, added on the microblogging website that “violence has no place in politics.” Also, Malala Yousufzai, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, added with this that “it is always unacceptable to insult political leaders of any party or belief system.”
According to a European Union (EU) team in Pakistan, “Violence is never a legitimate form of protest. I hope Imran Khan gets well completely. Violence in all its manifestations is wrong and intolerable.”