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2021: Critical year to ‘reset our relationship with nature’ – UN chief
During this time of “crisis and fragility”, the UN chief [...]
UN chief lauds ‘day of hope’ as US officially rejoins Paris climate accord
The official return of the United States to the Paris [...]
New UN report sorts through ‘three interlinked environmental crises’
Without nature’s help, “we will not thrive or even survive”, the UN chief said on Thursday, launching a major report on the environment.
COVID-19 vaccination ‘wildly uneven and unfair’: UN Secretary-General
International partners working to achieve equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines [...]
COVID infections drop 16% worldwide in one week: WHO
In its latest update on the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that although the number of gobal infections have fallen by 16 [...]
‘Three major threats’ to inoculating the world – UN health agency
Amidst some positive news from the World Health Organization (WHO) [...]
Cooling La Niña is on the wane, but temperatures set to rise: UN weather agency
Temperatures in almost all parts of the world will likely [...]
2021 a ‘crucial year’ for climate change, UN chief tells Member States
The world is far from achieving agreed goals to reduce [...]
Social development key pillar for ‘sustainable and resilient’ world – Commission hears
As coronavirus vaccines provide a glimmer of optimism around the world, a high-level UN official said on Monday that it was “painful to witness” the dashed hopes of most people in the Global South who have little chance of receiving an inoculation anytime soon.
‘Make peace with nature’, UN chief urges at Ocean Decade launch
January marked the beginning of what many within the UN and beyond view as “the most critical decade of our lives”, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Wednesday, launching a major initiative to protect the world’s oceans through the next ten years.
Impact of COVID-19 on cancer care has been ‘profound’, warns UN health agency
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a “profound” impact on the diagnosis and treatment [...]
FROM THE FIELD: Celebrating the power of centuries-old farming techniques
Sustainability is not new: communities have been living in harmony [...]
UN chief receives COVID-19 vaccine in New York
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, received his first dose of [...]
Climate change is a ‘global emergency’, people say in biggest ever opinion poll
Almost two-thirds of over 1.2 million people surveyed worldwide say [...]
Scale up funding for climate adaptation programmes, Guterres urges
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for urgent scaling up of [...]
Amidst surging COVID numbers, WHO chief urges: ‘take heart and take action’
The sheer scale of the numbers involved in the COVID-19 pandemic [...]
FROM THE FIELD: The microscopic creatures helping build Africa’s Great Green Wall
A young woman scientist in Burkina Faso is researching the [...]
COVID ‘vaccine hoarding’ putting Africa at risk: WHO
Africa is in danger of being left behind in the [...]
Secretary-General welcomes US return to Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Following the inauguration of United States President Joe Biden on [...]
Over 1.9 billion people in Asia-Pacific unable to afford a healthy diet: UN report
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and surging food [...]