GOMA/AMSTERDAM/HAMBURG, Oct 26 (IPS) – On the brink of an unprecedented environmental emergency, EU ambassadors to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) gathered earlier...
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COP26 Could Get Hot, but Southern African Region Needs it to be Cool and Committed
Johannesburg, Oct 26 (IPS) – COP 26 is almost upon us, and dire warnings abound that it’s boom or bust for a greener future....
How the Social Sector Thinks About Tech Is Wrong
Oct 26 (IPS) – Today, technology has become integral to almost all aspects of work—from implementing and standardising processes and collecting data to monitoring...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 (IPS) – “The outlook for LDCs is grim”. The latest United Nations (UN) assessment of prospects for the...
First Person: Earthquake brings out “heartwarming resilience” of Haitians
Haitians who were affected by the devastating earthquake which struck the south-west of the country in August have demonstrated their “heartwarming resilience” according to...
New or updated climate action plans by governments can be effective in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but greater efforts are needed to keep global warming at bay, the UN climate change...
A group of UN human rights experts have condemned the United States of America’s recent and ongoing systematic mass deportation of Haitian migrants and...
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on China to present an “ambitious” Nationally Determined Contribution in the run-up to the UN Climate Conference, COP26, starting in Glasgow at the end of this...
Afghanistan on ‘countdown to catastrophe’ without urgent humanitarian relief
The combined shocks of drought, conflict, COVID-19 and an economic crisis in Afghanistan, have left more than half the population facing a record level of acute hunger, according to a new UN assessment published on Monday. Read the...
Independent UN human rights experts on Monday strongly condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as terrorist organisations. Read...
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