From family farm to climate tech: How one Kenyan woman is helping farmers outsmart...
In Kenya, agriculture employs up to 75 per cent of the population, but farmers’ livelihoods are being threatened by a changing climate and the...
Fermentation, flavour and the future of food: Making sustainability delicious
At the Yondu Culinary Studio in Lower Manhattan, chef Jaume Biarnés demonstrates how to coax deep, savoury flavour from a handful of vegetables.He believes...
Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar...
The assessment by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) shows how coordinated action can improve public health,...
Chile and Argentina among coldest places on Earth as polar anticyclone grips region
On 30 June, both Chile and Argentina ranked among the coldest places on Earth, outside the polar regions.Governments in both countries issued early warnings...
Airing climate justice in Costa Rica on World Radio Day
In a crucial year for climate action which, in accordance with the Paris Agreement, seeks to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels,...
Looking beyond GDP to reach the Sustainable Development Goals
The initiative is in line with UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s longstanding assertion that “moving beyond GDP is fundamental to building an economic system that...
Eighty years at the heart of global development
Established in 1945 under the UN Charter, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was designed to ensure that peace and security would be backed...
UN chief to G20 ministers: Collaboration key to a sustainable future
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, said progress on ending the climate crisis, inequality and the harmful impact of new technologies was “slipping” and in need...
Ukraine Recovery Conference: UN sounds alarm over humanitarian funding
Speaking on behalf of Secretary-General António Guterres, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner said the UN and partners were continuing to deliver “critical humanitarian assistance”, focusing...
How was the Moon formed?
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A lot of expensive and complicated research has been conducted to unearth the real origin of the Moon, but to this...
A historic course correction: how the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net...
Every day, tens of thousands of massive ships criss-cross the world’s oceans, transporting grain, clothing, electronics, cars, and countless other products. Nearly 90 per...
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...
Food prices edged up in July amid heatwaves and energy price hikes
According to new data published on Friday from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a basket of staple foods cost one per cent more...
People want action on plastic pollution that’s choking us: Guterres
“We are choking on plastic,” the UN chief told an intergovernmental panel tasked with devising an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution on...
Interview this mind-blowing expert on the science behind the Biblical account of creation –...
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People from all nations and all educational background including scientists, laypeople, religious and nonreligious people have been trying to understand the...
‘Lots of good news’ but much more needs to be done for the planet,...
Calling 2017 “the first year in human history” that more new clean energy was added to the grid than new oil, gas and coal...
Science180 Mathematically Reaches the Most Sought-After Milestone at the Intersection of Science and Faith
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American scientist Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel mathematically proved that the Earth was formed 2.82 days, the Moon 3.32 days, and the Sun...
UN ‘high seas’ treaty clears ratification threshold, to enter into force in January
Morocco and Sierra Leone joined the list of States ratifying on Friday, becoming the 60th and 61st parties to the pact.The treaty, formally known...
Deadly flooding in Nigeria displaces thousands
Nigerian officials estimate that over 500 people are still missing and presumed dead, according to news reports.Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, a former Nigerian Government...
Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries
“Extreme weather and climate change impacts are hitting every single aspect of socio-economic development in Africa and exacerbating hunger, insecurity and displacement,” the UN...
Momentum builds towards marine biodiversity treaty, as experts convene in New York
Formally titled the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological...
Record rise in carbon dioxide levels during 2024: UN weather agency
The surge was driven by continued human emissions, more wildfire activity and weakened absorption by land and ocean “sinks” – a development that threatens...
‘Africa must continue to rise,’ says General Assembly President
In a speech delivered during a debate on African development, Assembly President Philémon Yang addressed the continent’s progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
