Achim Steiner
Elderly people wearing protective masks line up to be registered to receive their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, in Soweto, South Africa, Monday, May 17, 2021. South Africa has started its mass vaccination drive with the goal of inoculating nearly 5 million citizens aged 60 and above by the end of June. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
UN urges more vaccines for Africa, with only 2 percent now

By Edith M. Lederer May. 19, 2021 06:07 PM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2020 file photo, extremely light traffic moves along the 110 Harbor Freeway toward downtown Los Angeles in the mid-afternoon. Traffic would normally be bumper-to-bumper during this time of day on a Friday. New calculations released on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, show the world's carbon dioxide emissions plunged 7% in 2020 because of the pandemic lockdowns. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7% in pandemic-hit 2020

By Seth Borenstein Dec. 10, 2020 07:04 PM EST