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.
COP30 enters its final stretch: urgency, ambition, and voices from the streets
The last week of COP30 has begun in Belém with [...]
‘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 [...]
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 [...]
From pledges to action: Leaders push for faster climate progress at COP30
COP30 opened in Belém on Monday with a clear message: [...]
Social development, up close: UN News goes inside the Doha summit
UN News just tested a new way to cover big international meetings – by reporting straight from the conference floor.
Refugee camps set to be uninhabitable by 2050 as extreme weather worsens
At least 117 million people have been displaced by war, [...]
Safeguarding clean water access as climate threats rise
As health emergencies multiply linked to the climate crisis, governments [...]
Holding on to home, as the ocean engulfs the Solomon Islands
Morning light spreads over Sikaiana, a remote atoll in the [...]
In Brazil, Guterres calls for ‘fair, fast and final’ shift to clean energy
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is continuing his campaign to accelerate [...]
Nearly a third of Jamaica’s annual wealth wiped out by Hurricane Melissa
Around 1.5 million Jamaicans have been impacted by Hurricane Melissa [...]