‘The world is watching’: Guterres and Lula urge unity as COP30 talks near deadline
Amid reports of deadlocks on fossil fuels, climate finance and other key issues, both leaders urged negotiators to act decisively on phasing out fossil...
Living in Space: The UN celebrates innovation, cooperation and the final frontier
With the 2025 theme “Living in Space,” the celebration highlights how scientific innovation, international law, and collaboration are shaping the future of a potential...
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...
Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts
Three days after Spain’s national weather service confirmed a record 46°C reading in the southern town of El Granado, there’s been little let-up in...
Belém COP30 delivers climate finance boost and a pledge to plan fossil fuel transition
Climate disinformation: Commitment to promote information integrity and counter false narratives.The final decision emphasises solidarity and investment, setting ambitious financial targets while leaving energy...
‘Minutes from midnight’: Mohammed calls for urgent climate action
Addressing the preparatory meeting of the 29the session of Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Pre-COP29), Ms. Mohammed called...
UN-backed forum seeks to boost resilience of world’s Least Developed Countries
The third edition of the LDC Future Forum, which opened on Monday, focusses on how these 44 nations can better withstand systemic shocks, including...
Celebrating youth: ‘When young people take the lead, everyone gains’
But after a decade of armed conflict and amidst a severe economic depression, educational toy imports have become way too expensive for many classrooms...
Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost for nature
Delegates met in Rome this week for the resumption of the UN Biodiversity Conference to hammer out an agreement at COP16.2 after attempts to...
Climate emergency: 2025 declared international year of glaciers
Co-facilitated by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), this global initiative seeks to unite efforts worldwide...
‘Decisive battle’: Guterres calls for youth power in fight to phase out fossil fuels
On Tuesday in Belém, ministers from Colombia, Germany, Kenya, the Marshall Islands, Sierra Leone, the United Kingdom and several other countries, voiced strong support...
‘The extraordinary power of ordinary people’: World leaders spotlight youth as agents of progress
Annalena Baerbock, President of the General Assembly and one of the youngest persons to ever hold the office, stressed that youth are “the designers...
COP30: Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO warns as philanthropies pledge $300m for...
The special report on health and climate change, published by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the Brazilian Government, warns that one in...
Scientifically unchaining the power of the turbulence code that cracked the universe formation
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Scientists and engineers have long known that cracking the code of turbulence would be highly gratifying, but they did not know...
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...
Colombian conflict survivors turn forest heroes in search of climate change solutions
This waterway, a silent witness to the turmoil of the municipality of Mapiripán, has seen it all – the wildlife trafficking, the coca harvests...
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...
Safeguarding clean water access as climate threats rise
“Healthcare facilities are where the vulnerable seek healing. Yet, without adequate water, sanitation and hygiene, for too many people, expected care can become inadvertent harm,” said Dr. Hans Kluge, the...
World Horse Day: Honoring humanity’s oldest and most loyal companion
UN News visited the farm to mark the first-ever World Horse Day, established this year by the UN General Assembly. By creating the Day,...
2025 agenda: ‘We must not let opportunities pass,’ says UN Assembly President
Under the theme Unity in Diversity, he emphasised the need for collective action to address pressing global challenges and deliver tangible progress. Highlighting the mandates...
Farmers must be at the heart of biodiversity action
Over 150 countries will be meeting from 25 to 27 February to advance biodiversity finance, accountability and the integration of agrifood systems into global...
What’s at stake in the COP30 negotiations?
In practical terms, the debates at COP30 revolve around three big questions:1) How can countries ramp up climate action?With the planet heating at record...
The battle to quiet the sea: Can the shipping industry turn down the volume?
As global trade surges, so does the underwater noise generated by commercial shipping. From the Arctic to the Great Barrier Reef, scientists have documented...
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...
