LIVE from Doha: Second World Summit for Social Development
Leaders, policymakers and civil society representatives have gathered in Doha for the Second World Summit for Social Development, with the aim of renewing global...
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...
COP29 draft deal proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion in climate finance
The new draft outcome text, which will surely push this round of talks into the weekend, called for the overall climate financing goal to...
COP29: Push for agreement on a new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’
“Let’s dispense with any idea that climate finance is charity;” runaway climate change is impacting “every single individual in the world one way or...
Over 2 billion in cities will be exposed to 0.5ºC rise by 2040
“Almost no urban resident will be unaffected, with billions of people subjected to hotter temperatures or exposed to the risks of flooding and other...
Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children’s early development: Türk
During a discussion on early childhood development, the High Commissioner for Human Rights underscored that 80 per cent of the human brain is formed...
The heat is on: We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures, urges...
The appeal comes against the backdrop of record temperatures and deadly heatwaves – from the United States to Africa’s Sahel and Europe to the...
WORLD WATER DAY LIVE: ‘A cold hard truth’
Melting glaciers, climate crises and access to clean water are some of the messages emerging ahead of World Water Day and the first ever...
Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency
“We saw extraordinary land, sea surface temperatures, extraordinary ocean heat accompanied by very extreme weather affecting many countries around the world, destroying lives, livelihoods,...
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...
Growing or shrinking? What the latest trends tell us about the world’s population
It will then fall to around 10.2 billion, which is 700 million lower than expected a decade ago. That’s just one of the key...
‘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...
Earth’s hottest June on record
“These latest figures from the Copernicus Climate Change Service unfortunately highlight that we will be exceeding the 1.5 degrees Celsius level on a temporary...
Climate change: ‘Graveyard of glaciers’ lays bare existential threat of melting ice
Coinciding with the powerful and symbolic monument to the ravages of unchecked climate change, the ceremony on 17 August also saw the publication of The...
Putting people at the heart of cities, key to improving urban life
Yet, amid this rapid transformation, one question rises above all: how can innovation truly serve the people, as more and more of them migrate...
UN deputy chief calls for major arms spending cuts and urgent action to save...
Speaking on behalf of Secretary-General António Guterres, Amina Mohammed called for immediate and decisive action to salvage the faltering Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).“Conflicts in...
Science180 Launches Shocking Non-Evolution, Non-Big Bang Scientific Theory of the Origins of the Universe,...
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American scientist Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel presents mathematical proof challenging the multibillion-year age of the cosmos by calculating the formation of Earth,...
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...
WORLD FOOD DAY LIVE: Finding solutions to global hunger
Everyone has a right to food. World Food Day, marked annually on 16 October, is being celebrated in more than 150 countries and over...
‘It all starts at home’: global UN forum opens in Cairo to rethink urban...
The Forum is convened biennially by the UN Human Settlements Programme, known as UN-Habitat.This year marks the first time the gathering is being held...
UN chief hails ‘remarkable example’ of Papua New Guinea as he concludes historic trip
Flanked by the country’s Prime Minister, James Marape, Mr. Guterres echoed comments he made during a speech in the national parliament on Wednesday, in which...
Why you don’t have to embrace evolution or deny God to scientifically prove that...
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Most Christians and atheists think that it is impossible ever to demonstrate how God created the universe. Some Christians compromisingly embrace...
Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30
As climate negotiations continue in the Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, governments, UN agencies and partners have adopted the Belém Health Action Plan, placing an...
