BRUSSELS, Jul 04 (IPS) – A mass attempt on June 24, 2022, of about 2000 African migrants to scale the border fence between Morocco...
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IPBES to Release New Assessments on the Values of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Wild Species
New Delhi, Jul 03 (IPS) – IPS interviews Dr Anne Larigauderie, the Executive Secretary of IPBESSpeaking to IPS about the importance of biodiversity and...
Suriname gives ‘hope and inspiration to the world to save our rainforests’: UN chief
Suriname might be the smallest and least populated country in South America, but it is also one of the greenest. Considered a global leader...
Haitian children at mercy of armed gangs as schools close
Rising gang crime in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince is limiting access to education and is preventing thousands of children from going to school. Since 2020,...
What COVID-19 taught us about risk in a complex, inter-connected world
A new UN report has shed fresh light on the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed cascading risks, particularly on vulnerable people, worldwide. Read...
Migrant deaths in Libyan desert ‘wake-up call’ for stronger protections
The UN migration agency on Friday deplored the deaths of at least 20 migrants in the Libyan desert and renewed its call for stronger...
UN Ocean Conference ends with call for greater ambition and global commitment to address dire state of the Ocean
Following a week of discussions and events in Lisbon, Portugal, the UN Ocean Conference concluded on Friday, with governments and heads of state agreeing...
In Afghanistan, women take their lives out of desperation, Human Rights Council hears
The situation for women is so desperate in Afghanistan that they are committing suicide at a rate of one or two every day, the...
The World Is Melting Down and the Cause is Corruption- The G20 Needs to Take Action
WASHINGTON DC, Jul 01 (IPS) – The G20 is meeting again next week in Indonesia for the second time this year- at a moment...
The UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed alarm over the killing of at least nine protesters by security forces in Sudan...
Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief 
Rohingyas in Myanmar suffering ‘heartbreaking’ misery and cruelty 
As wars spread, the global food system unravels 
One million children in Afghanistan face deadly malnutrition