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...
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‘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...
NEW YORK, Nov 04 (IPS) – “Working together means we widen the number of like-minded actors towards a common good” –Dr. Azza Karam, Secretary-General...
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...
A stark warning for the people of Afghanistan has been issued by UN migration agency chief António Vitorino who on Thursday said that ongoing conflict, grinding...
Zimbabwes High-Risk Cross-Border Trade
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Nov 04 (IPS) – Thirty-six-year-old Thandiwe Mtshali* watched helplessly as her informal cross-border trading (ICBT) enterprise came to a grinding halt when...
At least 8 children have reportedly been killed or injured in escalating violence in Yemen in the past five days. Read the full story,...
COP26: ‘Not blah blah blah’, UN Special Envoy Carney presents watershed private sector commitment for climate finance
It’s ‘Finance Day’ at COP26, and the spotlight is on a big announcement: nearly 500 global financial services firms agreed on Wednesday to align...
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