The final straw? Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva
Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement [...]
Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns
Cholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of [...]
World News in Brief: Hunger in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, climate and displacement crisis in Somalia, World Breastfeeding Week
Nearly 3.2 million people in the English and Dutch-Speaking Caribbean [...]
Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines
Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward [...]
In Myanmar, conflict and floods collide as UN warns of deepening crisis
As Myanmar reels from deadly floods, renewed fighting and widespread [...]
Once-in-a-decade push for the ‘locked out’: Global leaders set for landmark UN conference in Turkmenistan
In early August, Heads of State, ministers, investors and grassroots leaders will gather in Awaza on Turkmenistan’s Caspian coast for once-in-a-decade UN conference aiming to rewire the global system in support of 32 landlocked developing countries whose economies are often “locked out” of opportunity due to their lack of access to the sea.
Trade measures critical to ending plastic pollution
Trade must be part of the solution to end plastic [...]
Tsunami alert highlights worth of global early warning system
Early warning systems kicked in overnight across Pacific coastal communities [...]
Haitians in ‘despair’ following abrupt suspension of US humanitarian support
People in Haiti have expressed “despair” following the “abrupt suspension” [...]
Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa poses crisis for children
Some 80,000 children are estimated to be at high risk [...]
Deputy UN chief urges bold action to transform food systems at global summit in Addis Ababa
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Tuesday called on countries to double down on efforts to transform food systems, describing them as “one of the greatest solutions” to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
World News in Brief: Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire, bloody weekend in Ukraine, stop hepatitis deaths
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the ceasefire agreement between [...]
Slight decrease in global hunger as inequalities widen, UN report reveals
An interagency group from the UN released the flagship 2025 State [...]
Pollution, melting microbes, undamming rivers, risks for elders: 4 key climate issues
In a world increasingly shaped by climate extremes, environmental experts [...]
Deep-sea must not turn into ‘Wild West’ of rare minerals exploitation, agency head says
Nations are pursuing underwater exploration for highly sought-after rare earth [...]
UN forum affirms stronger commitment to achieve sustainable development
The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) has concluded at United Nations Headquarters in New York following a week-and-a-half of substantive discussion between Member States, civil society representatives and UN agencies.
World Court says countries are legally obligated to curb emissions, protect climate
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, Netherlands, [...]
Home is where the heart is – and where development begins
When Denis Jobin, a senior evaluation specialist at the United [...]
Deep dive into the International Seabed Authority: Why it matters now
Protecting underwater ecosystems from the growing interest in rare mineral [...]
‘Perfect storm’ of global crises drove years of food price surges: FAO
The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), [...]