Equitably “redirecting, repurposing or eliminating incentives” that harm biodiversity by at least $500 billion per year is just one of the 21 ambitious targets...
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Around one in three countries are not yet implementing remedial programmes to help students catch up on their learning, in the wake of school...
Events that were previously unthinkable in Colombia have been made possible through the historic 2016 peace agreement, the UN envoy for the country told...
UN chief says race to reach SDGs ‘can and must’ be turned around
The COVID pandemic has taken four million lives, devastated the global economy, pushed a further 124 million people into extreme poverty and continues to inflict profound suffering –...
NEW YORK, Jul 13 (IPS) – Could the next wars be triggered by climate change? Until recently, the question might have seemed like science...
UN humanitarians appealed on Tuesday for far quicker access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, after the first aid trucks in days to reach the...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 13 (IPS) – ‘No one is protected from the global pandemic until everyone is’ has become a popular mantra....
“If Only the Fighting Would Stop” A Sudanese Woman’s Wish
GUMURUK, South Sudan, Jul 13 (IPS) – With her bare hands, Roda clears debris and forages scraps from her wrecked teashop after attackers scorched...
‘Tremendously off track’ to meet 2030 SDGs: UN chief
Between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020 – some 161 million more than for 2019 – the UN Secretary-General said on Monday; “new, tragic data”, which indicates the world...
UN reports ‘leap forward’ in regulating DNA-altering technology to benefit all
Releasing two companion reports on Monday, the UN health agency has provided the first global recommendations for DNA-altering technology, known as human genome editing, to be used as a safe, effective and ethical public health tool to...
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026