World News in Brief: Climate change in the countryside, Yemen polio drive success, development...
The Unjust Climate report highlights the reality that every year in low and middle-income countries, female heads of households in rural areas suffer significantly greater financial...
Understanding the Customer’s Mindset for Improved Sales Performance
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Good web design has visual weight, is optimized for various devices, and has content that is prioritized for the medium. The...
World News in Brief: Emergency funds for Sudan refugees, democracy prevails in Guatemala, climate...
The funds will be used to build shelters, offer cash assistance, build water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, and support onward transportation for new arrivals...
General Assembly adopts landmark resolution on Artificial Intelligence
Adopting a United States-led draft resolution without a vote, the Assembly also highlighted the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in the design,...
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund approves grants for 3 conservation projects in Seychelles
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The Blue Economy Research Institute (BERI) at the University of Seychelles, Indian Ocean Tortoises Alliance (IOTA) and the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) have received approval for grant...
Report card 2: Half-way to the global goals deadline
Launched in 2015, the Agenda set out a 15-year plan to realize 17 interconnected targets, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and change...
Cameroon launches malaria vaccine rollout
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Cameroon on Monday 22 January 2024 launched the RTS,S malaria vaccine into its routine national immunization services, becoming the...
COP28: Over 60 countries pledge to slash cooling emissions amid rising temperatures
Over 60 countries signed up to a so called ‘cooling pledge’ with commitments to reduce the climate impact of the cooling sector, that could...
INTERVIEW: AI expert warns of ‘digital colonization’ in Africa
One of 38 people members of the new UN advisory body on machine learning, Mr. Ndiaye spoke with UN News about the landscape ahead, building...
Tanzania Farming Success Story | Plant With Purpose
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At the center of her village in the Shengena East watershed of Tanzania, lives Davina, a determined single mother of five....
Moving climate interest to action
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April 8, 2024 — It likely is no surprise to hear that people don’t always do the good they could —...
Embrace innovation ‘to make sustainable transport a reality for all’
Opening its High-level Meeting on Sustainable Transport, Assembly President Dennis Francis urged countries to seize the opportunity to shape a green, inclusive and prosperous...
UN cites ‘alarming surge’ in climate change over the past decade as COP28 pushes...
Marked by record breaking land and ocean temperatures, the decade between 2011-2020 saw continued rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses that “turbo charged” dramatic glacier...
First-ever UN report on migratory species reveals complex threats
Of most concern is the threat to migratory fish, with 97 per cent of the species on the brink of extinction. The two greatest...
Ethiopia Set to Pioneer Bitcoin Mining in Africa
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Last Thursday, February 15, Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), the investment arm of the Ethiopian Government, signed a memorandum of...
Human ingenuity can help to save nature, Guterres says on World Wildlife Day
Human activities have devastated our wildlife. Human ingenuity can help to save it,” he said.
This year’s theme focuses on how digital technologies can drive...
UN Youth Forum focuses on sustainable future for all
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum provides a platform for young people to have a dialogue with diplomats on challenges affecting their...
Indigenous Kalinago lead the way towards making Dominica ‘climate resilient’
Dominica, which lies in Eastern Caribbean, is particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events, which are being exacerbated by the climate crisis: Hurricane Maria in...
COP28: The UN’s net-zero food plan to save the 1.5-degree goal, combat climate ‘doomisim’
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has identified 10 priority areas – such as livestock, soil and water, crops, diets and fisheries –...
Gaza crisis: Back two-State solution urges UN chief, ‘once and for all’
Speaking at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the UN chief condemned the “barbaric” Hamas-led attacks on 7 October in which approximately...
16 young environmentalists chosen for SOSF camp on Seychelles’ D’Arros Island
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Participants from a previous D'Arros Experience take a break from snorkeling along the coral reef in front of the D'Arros Research...
Let youth lead, urges new advocacy campaign
As crises continue to unfold, there has been a lack of unity among world leaders in solving challenges for the “collective good”, the Youth...
Science Officer in the IPCC WGI Technical Support Unit (Ref. SCO001) â IPCC
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Working Group I of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of
Science Officer in the Technical Support Unit (Ref....
WMO confirms 2023 as warmest year on record ‘by a huge margin’
The World Meteorological Organization uses six leading international datasets from across the globe to monitor global temperatures, which reveal a new annual temperature average...
