Biofuels, the World’s Energy Past and Future
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 11 (IPS) – The number of victims of serious burns, some fatal, has increased in Brazil. Without money to buy...
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LONDON, Nov 11 (IPS) – Targeted action in agriculture could have a massive impact on climate change, according to a joint brief by the...
Social Movement Voices Fall on Deaf Ears of Governments at COP26
GLASGOW, Nov 11 (IPS) – One element that runs through all social movement climate summits is their rejection of the official meeting of the...
Landmine casualties ‘exceptionally high’, Syria and Afghanistan worst-hit
Global casualties from anti-personnel landmines were “exceptionally high” last year, with Syrians and Afghans worst-hit, a UN-backed civil society report said on Wednesday Read the full...
The UN Human Rights High Commissioner has urged Belarus and Poland to urgently resolve the burgeoning migrant crisis on their mutual border, where thousands of people have...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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