Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30
As climate negotiations continue in the Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, governments, UN agencies and partners have adopted the Belém Health…
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Stand your ground: How one community in Brazil is coping with rising tides
From there, she and her husband fished, planted crops and raised animals. “I was a very happy person in that…
World News in Brief: Gaza latest, Americas loses measles-free status, tornado recovery in Brazil
The fuel is needed to power machinery for critical operations, including water, sanitation, hygiene, health and clearing rubble. Education, nutrition…
Keeping cool on a hotter planet: COP30 pushes for sustainable cooling and AI innovation
AI is already helping farmers predict droughts and manage crops more efficiently, but the environmental cost of training large models…
Sudan: 89,000 civilians have fled El Fasher
Since the Rapid Support Forces militia – which has been battling the military government – captured El Fasher after more…
Holding on to home, as the ocean engulfs the Solomon Islands
Sikaiana, less than two square kilometres, is encircled by the sea and is home to just 300 people. It is also more than 200…
Not just dreams, but rights: Social justice in focus at Doha summit
The Global Coalition for Social Justice Forum brought together ministers, workers’ and employers’ organizations, UN agencies and civil society to…
Global alliance meets in Doha to confront hunger crisis
Addressing heads of state, ministers and international partners, President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock said today’s hunger crisis…
‘Global perspective’ key to moving humanity forward in space
The role helps galvanise greater understanding of the transformative potential of space technology in addressing global challenges, including climate change,…
In Southeast Asia, Guterres presses the case for climate action
Addressing a joint summit between the UN and Southeast Asian nations in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres described…