Preserving biodiversity vital to reverse tide of climate change, UN stresses on International Day
The food people eat around the world is becoming “alarmingly [...]
UN chief praises New Zealand premier’s ‘admirable’ response to Christchurch attacks
Speaking to media in the New Zealand capital Auckland on [...]
FROM THE FIELD: Saving the tree kangaroos of Papua New Guinea
The survival of an endangered animal which looks part kangaroo [...]
On World Bee day, human activity blamed for falling pollinator numbers
If you think you’re busy, then spare a thought for the world’s bees; for they, along with other insects and animals, are responsible for pollinating more than 75 per cent of the planet’s favourite food crops.
Monday’s Daily Brief: #ClimateAction for the Pacific, Gaza blockade, attack in Burkina Faso
This Monday, top stories are: Gaza's aid dependency due to [...]
Promoting ‘a healthy sustainable future’, the UN health agency engages young and young at heart to ‘Walk the Talk’
Celebrating the importance of fitness, on Sunday morning in the Swiss city of Geneva, the United Nations health agency kicked off its second “Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge”.
UN chief calls for ‘enlightened self-interest’ from world leaders to save ‘the whole planet’ from climate change
Concluding a week-long visit to the South Pacific, United Nations [...]
UN blue helmets in South Sudan use Sustainable Development Goals to help build peace
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has concluded the week by harnessing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to support the nation, including by offering free medical services, encompassing SDG 3’s target on health coverage.
Stop Tuvalu and ‘the world from sinking’ UN chief tells island nation facing existential threat from rising seas
Tuvalu “faces an existential threat from sea-level rise”, the United [...]
‘Climate change is the battle of my life’, UN chief tells students living on the frontline in Fiji
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saw the frontline of “the [...]
Thursday’s Daily Brief: Ebola in DR Congo, malnutrition in Laos, baby health, support for Sahel force, #ClimateAction
On Thursday, we cover: more support needed for Sahel force, [...]
UN chief lauds Fijians as ‘natural global leaders’ on climate, environment, hails ‘symbiotic relationship’ with land and sea
Fiji’s strong traditions of community and social responsibility, and its “symbiotic relationship” with its surroundings, has made its people “natural global leaders on climate and the environment”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the nation’s Parliament on Thursday.
Wednesday’s Daily Brief: climate challenges for the Pacific, new global health tool, updates on Yemen, the Gulf and Somalia
This Wednesday, top stories includes: the UN chief’s continued visit [...]
Countries must up their game to reduce low birth weights, warns UN-backed report
Many countries need to invest more and take greater action [...]
UN chief outlines ‘intertwined challenges’ of climate change, ocean health facing Pacific nations on the ‘frontline’
Visiting Fiji for the first time as Secretary-General, António Guterres [...]
Tuesday’s Daily Brief: hate speech, dementia, Libya and Yemen, human rights in Brazil and Lebanon
This Tuesday, we cover: the UN chief in New Zealand’s [...]
UN health agency highlights lifestyle choices that can prevent onset of dementia, as millions more succumb each year
Key lifestyle choices such as getting regular exercise, not smoking or drinking too much, can reduce the risk of dementia and cognitive decline, the UN health agency said on Tuesday.
‘Disaster resilient’ farming reduces agriculture risks, yields economic gains, says new UN agriculture agency report
A scale of economic gains through easy-to-implement "disaster resilient" farming [...]
New Zealand youth ‘in frontline’ of fight against climate change: UN chief
Speaking to young Māoris and people of the Pacific Islands in New Zealand on Monday, [...]
World Migratory Bird Day highlights deadly risks of plastic pollution
Saturday marks World Migratory Bird Day which, this year, is [...]