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Media Advisory | Renewed urgency for upcoming UN conference to forge new path for prosperity in Small Island Developing States amidst global crises
Media advisory Media accreditation OPEN until 10 May World leaders will convene at The fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), hosted by Antigua and Barbuda, to deliver a bold new plan of [...]
Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond
Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened – heightening growing fears of famine and “widespread death” from [...]
New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines
Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi launched on Wednesday a campaign to scale up programmes to save lives, marking the start of World Immunisation Week, [...]
Media Advisory | UN Forum to seek ways to reform outdated global financial system, ahead of major conference on financing development
Media Advisory WHAT: 2024 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum The 2024 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum builds on the 2024 Financing for Sustainable Development Report’s call for urgent action to close the $4.2 trillion dollar [...]
UN chief calls for all hands on deck at Climate Promise 2025 launch
Top UN officials launched a fresh global campaign to tackle the climate emergency on Tuesday, with social media influencers, Indigenous leaders and corporate giants showing what they’ve done and what’s to come. Read Full Story [...]
WMO report: Asia hit hardest by climate change and extreme weather
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-affected region in 2023 due to weather, climate and water-related hazards. Storms and floods have hit the hardest, a new report published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday [...]
Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency
Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves – a new normal which countries must adapt to as a priority, the [...]
