UN refugee chief calls for greater focus on climate and conflict factors
Responses to climate change must also consider its link to both conflict and the displacement it causes, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi,...
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Humanity’s basic right to life is being threatened by insufficient action in the face of the climate emergency, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
A Beacon of Light in Dark Times: the Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders
DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov 02 (IPS) – Before she was murdered in Honduras in 2016, the Lenca Indigenous woman and human rights defender Berta Cáceres...
Tackling Recurring Hunger Crises at the Horn of Africa – Beginning with Somalia
URBANA, Illinois, USA, Nov 02 (IPS) – The statistics are stark. The crisis is unprecedented. Yet again, according to the United Nations, famine looms...
Mexican Environmental Prosecutor’s Office Dodges Charges against Mayan Train
MEXICO CITY, Nov 02 (IPS) – A beige line slashes its way through the Mayan jungle near the municipality of Izamal in the southeastern...
Early Coal Retirement: How about a Global Auction
WASHINGTON DC, Nov 02 (IPS) – Report after report highlights that we can only achieve the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions required by the...
Land Ownership Model Is Restoring Biodiversity, Empowering Communities in Kenya
Nairobi, Nov 02 (IPS) – When Mara Siana Conservancy came into operation in 2016, there was a single zebra and a topi (antelope) in...
Amid growing geopolitical divides and deepening inequalities, cooperation is the only way forward, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in Algiers on Tuesday, addressing the...
How the UN can better support young people pushing for a more sustainable future for all was among issues discussed during a dialogue between...
Cholera spreading throughout Lebanon, WHO warns
The first cholera outbreak in nearly three decades in Lebanon is now spreading throughout the country, with more than 1,400 suspected cases, and 17...
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