As a Humanitarian Crisis Engulfs Afghanistan, Education Cannot Wait Makes Urgent Appeal for Access to Quality Learning for All Children
New York, Nov 05 (IPS) – After leading a landmark, first-ever all-women mission to Afghanistan last week, Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait,...
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By the year 2030, an estimated 50 per cent of the world’s population will live in coastal areas which are exposed to flooding, storms and tsunamis. ...
LONDON, Nov 05 (IPS) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced its intention to double the mobilisation of private sector...
In Glasgow, Indigenous People Pound the Table for Their Rights
GLASGOW, Nov 04 (IPS) – “For my people, the effects of climate change are a daily reality. The rainy season is shorter and when...
About 22 months since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, and almost a year since the first vaccines were approved, reported cases and deaths from the...
The UN barometer of world food prices has surged to a new peak, reaching its highest level since July 2011, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced this Thursday. Read the full story, “World food...
‘Energy day’at COP26: Voices call out for an end to use of coal, gas and oil
Fittingly, the sun broke through the clouds over Glasgow on Thursday as delegations and participants prepared for ‘energy day’ at COP26, one of the...
Although policies and planning for climate change adaptation are increasing, financing and implementation lag behind, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new...
G̦d̦ll?, Hungary, Nov 04 (IPS) РUNSG Antonio Guterres convened the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit which took place on 23-24 September. The Summit...
Some women and girls being recruited in Viet Nam to serve as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, are suffering sexual abuse and torture, leading a group of UN independent human...
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