‘Global solidarity benefits us all’: Spain makes the case for development funding
For decades, helping the least developed countries to develop has been seen as beneficial for the international community as a whole, as well as...
‘This is not just ice’: Glaciers support human livelihoods, UN deputy chief says
She said that since 1975, glaciers have lost more than 9,000 billion tons of ice - equivalent to a 25-metre-thick block covering all of...
‘Landlocked to landlinked’: UN summit seeks to turn geography into opportunity
And increasingly, climate change is compounding the problem – damaging roads, disrupting supply chains, and threatening already fragile infrastructure with floods, droughts, and extreme...
UN deputy chief demands bold policies, innovative solutions for SDGs
Addressing the opening of the 2024 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), Amina Mohammed called for transformative actions and bold policies to address...
How to raise rational children in our modern world
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In our modern secular world, and with the many things that kids are taught at school and over which parents have...
COP29: Digital tech and AI can boost climate action, but curbing the sector’s emissions...
On the first-ever ‘Digitalisation Day’ for a UN climate conference, the COP29 Declaration on Green Digital Action received endorsements from more than 1,000 governments,...
WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports
The two organizations are joining forces to call attention to the extensive impacts of increasing global temperatures on snow and ice while producing measures to...
Private sector urged to act as world faces $23 trillion loss from land degradation
Business leaders have been meeting at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) conference being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which is focusing on...
New Scientific Research Proves Genesis Creation Timeline Can Be Mapped in Days, Not Billions...
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Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel of Science180.com unveils a 12-year study on the mathematical evidence of God’s existence
Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel has proven mathematically...
World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30
The meeting was part of a joint mobilisation strategy by the two leaders to strengthen global action under the Paris Agreement and build momentum...
Real cost of disasters is 10 times higher than previously thought, says UN
That’s according to a report released Tuesday by the UN’s disaster risk reduction agency, UNDRR.
While current estimates suggest the global economic impact of natural...
It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in...
António Guterres issued his clarion call noting that sustainable development powered by international cooperation, is now facing “massive headwinds.”Addressing the opening session of the...
UN chief offers condolences amid devastating wildfires in California
The fires, described as some of the worst in the city’s history, have burned thousands of acres, destroyed homes and left firefighters battling to...
World News in Brief: Hunger in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, climate and displacement...
Across the region, nations face food-related challenges notably due to geographical remoteness, lack of local available resources and exposure to climate change. “The Caribbean is...
Guterres hails 60 years of UN trade and development action
In a speech marking 60 years of UN Trade and Development – the agency previously known by the acronym UNCTAD - the UN Secretary-General highlighted...
Drowning in debt: New forum in Sevilla offers borrowers chance to rebalance the books
The Borrowers’ Forum is being hailed as a milestone in efforts to reform the international debt architecture, supported by the UN and emerging as...
UN, AU and EU leaders pledge joint push for peace and development in Africa
Meeting at UN Headquarters in New York on the margins of the General Assembly high-level week on Sunday, the leaders of the three organizations...
Fast fashion fuelling global waste crisis, UN chief warns
Speaking at an event commemorating Sunday’s International Day of Zero Waste, Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent action to curb the textile industry’s devastating...
UN forum on sustainable development concludes with renewed commitment, call for urgent action
Held under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Forum took place from 8 to 17 July. This year’s theme...
Time running short as 2030 deadline looms for UN blueprint for a fairer future
The 2024 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will follow on from last September’s SDG Summit, described by UN Secretary-General at the time...
‘A wave of truth’: COP30 targets disinformation threat to climate action
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva set the tone at the opening session, declaring that the battle for truth has become just as...
COP29: ‘You have every right to be angry’ Guterres tells youth advocates frustrated over...
“You have every right to be angry. I am angry too,” the UN chief posted on social media on Thursday following his meeting with...
Caribbean nations receive life-saving support following devastation of Hurricane Melissa
Torrential rain, storm surges, and landslides caused by the hurricane have left a trail of destruction across the region, with homes flattened, roads and...
‘Leave no one behind’: As wealth gap widens, UN calls for new industrial deal...
“First, we need to end the war. Then, we have to restart the factories,” says Basher Abdullah, advisor to Sudan’s Minister of Industry and...
