WMO report: Asia hit hardest by climate change and extreme weather
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-affected region in 2023 due [...]
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-affected region in 2023 due [...]
Top UN officials launched a fresh global campaign to tackle [...]
Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery [...]
The President of the UN General Assembly called for the acknowledgement of mixed efforts to achieve the goals of the Decade of Sustainable Energy, as the UN’s first ever Sustainability Week drew to a close on Friday.
The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals [...]
Renewable energy, if supported by governments, can “truly change the [...]
Reducing the transport sector’s impact on the environment while improving access to service, especially in developing countries, topped the agenda of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
Despite important achievements over the past decade to improve the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, safeguard their cultures, and expand their participation at the UN, “deep chasms” endure between commitments made and reality on the ground, the President of the General Assembly said on Wednesday.
African women are 130 times more likely to die due [...]
Young leaders from around the world are sharing their visions and actions to advance sustainable development at a three-day meeting that opened on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York.
Dominica aims to become the world’s first “climate-resilient" nation, and [...]
With the ‘promise of a better world’ in mind the UN Youth Office has launched an new advocacy campaign – “World Leaders: It’s Time to Let #YouthLead” – calling for greater youth representation in decision-making roles in both the public and private sector, civil society, academia, and the UN.
Fishing communities in the south of Madagascar are facing sometimes [...]
Nigeria has become the first country to roll out a [...]
The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections [...]
Financing for sustainable development is at a crossroads and without urgent investment, global efforts to achieve a more just and equitable world by 2030 will fail, the UN deputy chief warned on Tuesday.
With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out [...]
A young mother in Madagascar has been describing how she [...]
Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan’s Darfurs [...]
The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the latest [...]