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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 [...]
As COVID deaths pass two million worldwide, Guterres warns against self-defeating ‘vaccinationalism’
With more than two million lives now lost worldwide to [...]
Health experts arrive in Wuhan to investigate COVID-19 origins
Members of an international team studying the origins of the [...]
State of the ocean will ‘ultimately determine the survival of our species’: UN Special Envoy
The health of the ocean will ultimately determine the survival [...]
COVID-19 recovery offers ‘chance to change course’, Guterres tells One Planet Summit
The process of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic offers the [...]
UN chief calls for ‘urgent transition’ from fossil fuels to renewable energy
Building a global coalition for carbon neutrality by mid-century will [...]