that's according to the international labour organisation, who say informal workers have already been affected. the bbc population reporter, stephanie haggerty, spoke with people in four different countries who used to get by on a daily wage, but since lockdown, are struggling just to eat. food is not something that these people used to worry about. this pandemic doesn't treat everyone equally. when you are living on a daily wage, being out of work means no money for food. these are not animals, these are angry people. their world is being ripped from under them. the international labour organisation says that 1.6 billion people could be out of work as a result of this pandemic. that's half the world's workers. rosa and her daughter were let go from theirjobs were let go from theirjobs as domestic cleaners with no pay. now they rely on a food bank. governments all over the world have plans to help people on the bread line, but it's not getting to some fast enough. and there aren't always food banks to fill the gap. it can be a choice of respecting the lockdown or trying to survive. we

we heard from the international labour 0rganisation heard from the international labour organisationntioned their figure of half the world's workers being out of a job if we are not careful. everyone wants a global coordinated response and we have had weeks and months now of this coronavirus crisis. where is the global response? i think we live in a time where numbers can really be numbing but it was really staggering. have of the world's workers at many of them are the kind of workers that we were talking about. 1.6 billion in the informal economy, as we say. and to mouth, daily wages. if they don't have daily wages they do not eat. there has been a chorus of voices since the beginning of this pandemic saying that if the global north wants to survive this and recover the global south has to be brought along at the same time and the un secretary general spoke to the bbc this weekend bemoaned the that power and leadership had not come together to galvanise the world for a coordinated response to this and the acting president of the un security council was even more damning. he said it

the international labour organisation says 81% of the world's 3.3 billion workers have had their workplaceic about, there is one glimmer of positive news — climate researchers say there has been a sharp fall in co2 emissions during the pandemic lockdown. the question is, will this be seen as an opportunity to build on, or will we return to our old behaviours once we start properly emerging from the shutdown? we can talk now to university of east anglia's climate change science professor, corrine le quere, who leads that research, and from toronto in canada, we'rejoined by former mayor of that city, david miller, who is now director of international diplomacy at the c40 cities, a global coalition of mayors promoting climate action. what was that drop? not by itself. but the way people now go back to work and the government putting on their economic stimulus package, this could make a big difference. which pandemic policies should city's keep? first we have a concern about the pandemic. but thinking about the pandemic. but thinking about how to recover from the pandemic they are looking at p

lives, but also livelihoods. 122 million workers have lost theirjobs since march and the international labour organisationtainty on whether there will be jobs to go back to. translation: we're helpless. we can‘t send money home. by taking ourjobs away, they‘re snatching away food from our mouths. and it‘s notjust those already in the job market. with millionsjoining india‘s workforce every month, the pandemic‘s economic cost on india‘s youth may be irreversible. arunoday mukharji reporting there. just over 4,000 people have died in turkey during the coronavirus pandemic. istanbul — turkey‘s biggest city — has been the epicentre. life is slowly getting back to normal with some of the lockdown restrictions eased but one place remains busy — the cemetery. neyran elden from bbc turkish reports. on a hillside above istanbul, new graves are being dug. it‘s peaceful here as the fight against coronavirus continues below. there has been a huge focus on hospitals, but this is also the front line. translation: people who work in the cemetery service during this time are at risk. they may not face the same exposure a

the international labour organisation says that 1.6 billion people could be out of work as a result of pay. now they rely on a food bank. governments all over the world have plans to help people on the breadline, but it's not getting to some fast enough. and there aren't a lwa ys some fast enough. and there aren't always food banks to fill the gap. it can be a choice between respecting the lockdown, or trying to survive. we wa nted we wanted to speak to this woman again but she left the city for her pa rents again but she left the city for her parents village, where at least you can grow something to eat. this family can rely on friends for now but they are also on the edge. they have had nothing from the government so far. lockdown restrictions have cut this woman from her local market, and stocking up from her local market, and stocking up is not an option. as lockdowns go into their second month, the next problem is keeping a roof over their head. the reports of coronavirus patients dying alone without their families because of social distancing measures is tragic, but it is equally