‘A wave of truth’: COP30 targets disinformation threat to climate action
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva set the tone at the opening session, declaring that the battle…
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On Brazil’s Combu Island, chocolate makers hold clues to climate action
But this lush harmony carries a warning. If negotiators at COP30 hope to protect the world’s forests, they…
Can industrial growth and climate action go hand in hand?
In Namibia’s Daures region, a bold experiment aims to prove economies can create jobs without fossil fuels. When…
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…
Sinking islands, vanishing forests: World leaders call for urgent climate action
Their appeals, sharpened by rising seas, failed harvests and disappearing ecosystems, echoed Secretary-General António Guterres’s warning at a…
Healing the ozone layer: ‘Guided by science, united in action’
Last century, scientists confirmed the alarming reality of a significant depletion in the ozone layer – an invisible…
Gender Equality: UN Women Body Calls For Political Will and Accelerated Global Action
The world is retreating from gender equality, and the cost is being counted in lives, rights, and opportunities.…
Gaza: International community must ‘match words with action’ now
Olga Cherevko, Spokesperson in Gaza for the UN aid coordination office OCHA, warned that history will not judge…
Guterres hails Papua New Guinea as an example of diversity, dialogue and climate action
António Guterres is the first serving UN Secretary-General to visit the country, which is celebrating 50 years of…
The world is demanding action over plastic pollution: UN environment chief
“The world wants and indeed needs a plastic conventional treaty because the crisis is getting out of hand…
‘Delivering better’: New ECOSOC president emphasises climate action, food security
Mr. Thapa said that the motto of his presidency will be “Delivering Better,” which requires strengthening partnerships and…
Deputy UN chief urges bold action to transform food systems at global summit in Addis Ababa
Delivering closing remarks at the UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+4) in Addis Ababa, co-hosted by…
Guterres: ‘Breaking point’ reached in Israel-Palestine conflict, urgent action needed on two-State solution
Speaking Monday morning at the high-level conference on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the…
In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and climate justice
Recalling his own experience living under dictatorship in Portugal, Mr. Guterres told participants at the Global Assembly of…
Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality
Presented during the UN’s 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, taking place this week in Sevilla, the…
After the big development pledges in Seville, UN says action starts now
That’s where the Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA) comes in – a major step to begin implementing the…
Syria: UN commission hails recent action to address past violations
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro highlighted the establishment of the National Transitional Authority and the National Authority for Missing Persons…
Guterres to launch life-saving campaign strengthening mine action worldwide
António Guterres announced the move in a statement issued on Monday, in response to plans by several UN…
Yemen at breaking point as UN envoy urges action to end suffering
Speaking via videoconference, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said the country remains trapped in a prolonged…
Global action needed as progress stalls on disability-inclusive development goals
“The message is stark: persons with disabilities face higher poverty, greater unemployment, deeper food and health insecurity and…