‘Rising seas are sinking futures’
World leaders approved the UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise by consensus on Thursday as the UN chief warned that encroaching waters are already...
Israeli leader at UN: ‘We’re going to win. We have no other choice’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his address to the UN General Assembly to defend Israel’s strikes against Iran as a matter of national survival...
Venezuela seeking rebirth after political crisis and devastating earthquakes, President tells UN
Venezuela is seeking to rebuild after a period of political upheaval and the destruction caused by twin earthquakes earlier this year, Acting President Delcy...
When African Smallholders Access Finance, They’ll Show You What’s Possible
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 24 (IPS) – I was born in Rwanda, but my family soon became refugees in Uganda during the conflict and unrest...
The BBNJ Agreement: From Paper to Protection – The Real Test for Global Ocean Governance
VICTORIA, Seychelles, September 24 (IPS) – After decades in which the high seas were too often treated as a distant frontier—vast, ownerless and beyond...
From Vienna to New York: Nuclear Governance Faces New Tests Ahead of First TPNW Review Conference
VIENNA, September 24 (IPS) – The international nuclear order is facing another test as governments move from an inconclusive review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation...
Norway’s Development Rethink Should See Ocean Investment as a Strategic Interest
OSLO, Norway, September 24 (IPS) – As Norway undertakes Vendepunkt, or “Turning Point,” its reflection on the future of Norwegian development policy, it is...
Meet the newest living cat species, the first described in 100 years
Genetic testing of two tiny tiger cats from Bolivia revealed a new species, adding a new branch to the feline family tree.
This year’s El Niño just broke a record months before it’s expected to peak
Daily sea surface temperatures in the region where El Niño develops are more extreme than at any point in recorded history.
UN’s ‘sacred covenant has been broken’, Argentina’s Milei tells General Assembly
Argentine President Javier Milei told the General Assembly on Wednesday that the UN has broken the “sacred covenant” on which it was founded, failing...
COP31 explained: What’s at stake at this year’s UN climate summit? 
Wealth Buys Protection in Climate Crisis – Oxfam 
Historic Low Fertility Rate in the United States 
INDIA: ‘The Protest Movement Refuses to Die down, and the Government’s Legitimacy Is Now in Doubt’