Food processing, packaging, transport, household consumption and waste disposal are pushing the food supply chain to the top of the greenhouse gas emitters list,...
With significant travel restrictions and large portions of personnel working from home in 2020, the UN system generated approximately 25 per cent fewer greenhouse emissions...
A group of UN human rights experts appealed on Monday for Singapore to halt the execution of a Malaysian man who has intellectual disabilities. Read the full story, “Rights...
A matter of life or death: At COP26, vulnerable countries tell developed nations it’s time to keep their promise on climate finance
Massive floods, devastating wildfires, and rising seas – along with the countless lives they take and livelihoods they upend – are realities many nations...
Myanmar: 3 million in need of humanitarian aid, ‘world is watching’ UN relief chief warns generals
Growing conflict, insecurity, COVID-19, and a failing economy, has rendered some three million Burmese in in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance across Myanmar, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Monday. Read...
Ethiopia: Future of Tigray and Horn of Africa ‘in grave uncertainty’
A year-long conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has reached “disastrous proportions”, the UN political chief told the Security Council on Monday, warning...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 08 (IPS) – The United Nations has come under heavy fire for continuing a 20-month-long ban on non-governmental organizations (NGOs)– even...
Although governments are prioritizing public health measures to protect their people from climate impacts, many lack the funds to take effective action, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report issued on Monday. Read the full story, “Many...
A Possible Childcare Solution
PORTLAND, USA, Nov 08 (IPS) – A possible solution to childcare needs is polygamy. Polygamy, the practice of having more than one spouse at...
Optimizing Sustainable Groundwater Management Calls for a System Thinking Approach
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 08 (IPS) – “The Systems thinking approach could innovatively contribute to a water-secure Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to mitigate the...
New reservoir offers innovative solution to South Sudan cattle beef 
‘Advance safety for all’: International police cooperation helps tackle cross-border crime 
Midwives: The Workforce That Will Determine Maternal and Newborn Survival and Africa’s Future 
Bridging Digital Transformation in an ASEAN-EAEU Cooperation