No green without blue: Young ocean explorers set sail for a sustainable future
With science at the forefront of the opening day of [...]
Guterres calls for an end to ocean ‘plunder’ as UN summit opens in France
With the Mediterranean glittering in the background, UN Secretary-General António [...]
Drifting architects: Plankton, climate, and the race to understand our changing ocean
They drift unseen, but everything depends on them. Plankton – [...]
Humans can’t survive without a healthy Ocean: UN envoy
The Ocean is in deep crisis. Factors such as acidification, [...]
Green gold beneath the waves: How seaweed – and one man’s obsession – could save the world
As world leaders gear up for the Third UN Ocean [...]
AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress
AIDS-related deaths have dropped to their lowest level since 2004, [...]
World News in Brief: Women’s health in Sudan, childhood wasting, Belarus trade unions, Guatemala child rights violation
As hostilities rage in Sudan, access constraints and devastating funding [...]
From summits to street art to schools: Here’s how we’re marking World Environment Day
5 June marks the 52nd World Environment Day, led by the [...]
Ukraine among new members elected to UN Economic and Social Council
The General Assembly on Wednesday elected a new slate of members to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the principal body responsible for coordinating the Organization’s work on sustainable development and economic issues.
The world’s oceans are dying. Can a UN summit in Nice turn the tide?
As coral reefs bleach, fish stocks collapse, and sea temperatures [...]
World News in Brief: Aid for Syria, children under attack in Mozambique, rights-based climate action
Nearly 16 million people in Syria need urgent humanitarian health [...]
Deadly flooding in Nigeria displaces thousands
Flash flooding in western Nigeria at the weekend has caused [...]
World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines, more hurricanes ahead for Haiti
In Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic [...]
Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns
For most nicotine users today, their first experience with the [...]
‘This is not just ice’: Glaciers support human livelihoods, UN deputy chief says
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called for urgent action to [...]
‘We are the present’: Tajik climate activist urges leaders to include youth voices in dialogue
A young activist from Tajikistan is speaking up to show [...]
UN searches for solutions to global housing crisis
The UN’s urban development agency estimates that an astonishing 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing, secure land, and basic water and sanitation services – that’s around 40 per cent of the global population.
Climate change: World Likely to Breach 1.5°C limit in next five years
2024 was the warmest year on record – but the [...]
Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions
The 78th World Health Assembly concluded Tuesday in Geneva, marking [...]
Sudan war exacerbates risk of cholera and malaria: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating [...]