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...
UN launches guide for countries to improve location-based data management to better inform decision-making
The UN Statistics Division and the World Bank launched a new guide on Wednesday to help nations worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries,...
UN warns of $4 trillion shortfall threatening global development goals
Speaking at UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres, General Assembly President Philémon Yang and Economic and Social Council President Bob Rae stressed...
FAO warns of ‘silent crisis’ as land degradation threatens billions
The finding comes in the latest State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), released on Monday in Rome.“The report delivers a clear message: land degradation...
Universe-origin scientist shares 3 world-shaking, lifesaving truths about the separation of science and faith...
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While the arguments against or in favor of the separation of science and faith (or church and state) are well-known to...
The ‘clean revolution is unstoppable’ but will it arrive too late?
In recent years, one of the bright spots amid gloomy predictions about the climate has come from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) –...
Guterres commends Turkmenistan’s ‘policy of neutrality’ amid troubled times
The Secretary-General expressed his appreciation to Turkmenistan for hosting the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia in Ashgabat, and commended Turkmenistan’s...
Development is ‘the first line of defense against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council
Ambassadors met to debate how poverty, inequality, and underdevelopment are fuelling conflict and instability, at a time when hostilities are increasing and demand for...
‘We don’t believe in giving up’ deputy UN chief tells New York festival crowd
The music event, which took place in Central Park on the last weekend of high-level week of the General Assembly, is the flagship event...
Communities struggle to rebuild following Pakistan’s worst floods
As communities struggle to rebuild, many have little time to grieve the immense losses they have suffered. Since June, over six million people in...
Iraq ‘unrecognisable and remarkable’ after years of conflict: UN coordinator
Briefing journalists in New York, Ghulam Isaczai spoke about the transition from the long-running UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), which ended its mandate...
New national climate plans unveiled at high-level summit ahead of COP30 conference
The game-changing summit was convened by Secretary-General António Guterres alongside President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of Brazil, host of the COP30 conference which...
Carbon markets could boost climate action in least developed countries
UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2024 highlighted on Monday that the group of 45 least developed countries (LDCs) could use carbon market projects to enhance climate...
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...
We must do more to keep the air we breathe clean: UN weather agency
“Almost everybody on Earth, basically nine out of 10 people breathe air that is essentially unfit for purpose,” said Lorenzo Labrador, Scientific Officer at...
COP30 enters its final stretch: urgency, ambition, and voices from the streets
UN climate chief Simon Stiell set the tone on Monday:“There is a deep awareness of what's at stake, and the need to show climate cooperation standing...
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...
‘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...
Extreme weather impacts cascading ‘from the Andes to the Amazon’
The study also highlights positive developments amid the bleak news, such as the growing role of renewable energy in the region and the power...
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...
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...
Development is ‘the first line of defense against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council
Ambassadors met to debate how poverty, inequality, and underdevelopment are fuelling conflict and instability, at a time when hostilities are increasing and demand for...
Why is the war between mathematics and physics drifting science in the wrong direction?
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Scientists have collected a lot of data on nature based on specific hypothesis, but because these data did not yield the...
LIVE: World leaders meet to tackle superbug scourge
Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is an invisible killer, so world leaders will soon gather at a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters on Thursday at...
