What’s at stake in the COP30 negotiations?
Talks at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, were [...]
In the Amazon, a school becomes a beacon of climate resilience
The boat ride from Belém to Barcarena is a journey [...]
UN calls for legal safeguards for AI in healthcare
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating in healthcare – [...]
Cities now home to nearly half of humanity: UN report
Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase as the world becomes increasingly urban.
‘Decisive battle’: Guterres calls for youth power in fight to phase out fossil fuels
A page feels like it’s turning. After years of debate, [...]
COP30 enters its final stretch: urgency, ambition, and voices from the streets
The last week of COP30 has begun in Belém with [...]
On Brazil’s Combu Island, chocolate makers hold clues to climate action
Combu Island – Ilha do Combu in Portuguese – rises [...]
‘When finance flows, ambition grows”: COP30’s call for action
In Belém, Brazil, as the world turns its eyes to [...]
Indigenous protesters block COP30 entrance, demand action from Brazilian Government
Around 90 Indigenous people from the Munduruku Indigenous group staged [...]
Diabetes now affects 1 in 6 pregnancies: What you need to know
Diabetes is one of the world’s fastest-growing health challenges – [...]
COP30: Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO warns as philanthropies pledge $300m for solutions
Climate change is already fueling a global health emergency, killing [...]
From Haiti to Ethiopia: voices of climate displacement at COP30
Floods, heatwaves, droughts and storms are forcing millions from their [...]
Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30
Hailed by Brazil as “a crucial moment to demonstrate the [...]
Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Ethiopia as the [...]
Gaza: War has made children violent, sad and bereft
More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying [...]
World News in Brief: Typhoon generation, disability rights in Myanmar, new refugee-led climate fund
The strongest typhoon to make landfall this year in the Philippines [...]
Stand your ground: How one community in Brazil is coping with rising tides
For more than 40 years Ivanil lived in a house [...]
World News in Brief: Gaza latest, Americas loses measles-free status, tornado recovery in Brazil
At least 600,000 litres of desperately needed diesel fuel has [...]
TB cases fall for first time since pandemic
Tuberculosis, or TB, remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious [...]
‘A wave of truth’: COP30 targets disinformation threat to climate action
Negotiators in Belém, Brazil, opened COP30 with a stark warning: [...]