Era free of fossil-fuel powered vehicles comes into focus at COP26; draft outcome is met with calls for more ambition
A world where every car, bus and truck sold is electric and affordable, where shipping vessels use only sustainable fuels, and where planes can...
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UN Police ‘better placed’ for today’s challenges to peace and security
UN Police (UNPOL) is a key component of peacekeeping, Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council on Thursday, whose officers help guide the UN’s...
‘Wake-up call’ to assist DR Congo battle food insecurity
UN agencies raised the alarm on Wednesday over the growing food crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling for an urgent scaling-up of assistance. Read the full story,...
From rising sea temperatures, to deadly and devastating storms and floods, climate change is increasing threats in the southwest Pacific, the World Meteorological Organization...
With just seven weeks to go before the end of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) is asking Member States to immediately establish a high-level working group, to reach...
Wednesday’s announcement that China and the United States have agreed to collaborate more closely on climate action was hailed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
Imagining a new future for education by 2050, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is asking three questions: What should be continued? What should be abandoned? And what needs...
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Nov 10 (IPS) – With the UN climate change conference – COP26 – continuing this week in Glasgow, it’s obvious that...
Nearly 240 million children worldwide, or one in 10, live with disabilities and experience deprivation in indicators such as health, education and protection, according to a new report released by the...
Salaries for Afghanistan health workers sends ‘message of hope’ to millions
By the time the Taliban took over Afghanistan in mid-August, at the main hospital in Maidan Shar, a city of 35,000 in the center...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now