New or updated climate action plans by governments can be effective in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but greater efforts are needed to keep global warming at bay, the UN climate change...
Middle East Green Initiative: ‘pathbreaking work’ to protect the planet
The Middle East Green Initiative launch in Saudi Arabia on Monday was hailed by the UN’s deputy chief as a valuable commitment and strategic...
Independent UN human rights experts on Monday strongly condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as terrorist organisations. Read...
Latin America Heads to Glasgow Climate Summit with Half-Empty Hands
MEXICO CITY, Oct 25 (IPS) – This article is part of IPS coverage ahead of the COP26 climate change conference, to be held Oct....
‘No time to lose’ curbing greenhouse gases: WMO
Last year, heat-trapping greenhouse gases reached a new record, surging above the planet’s 2011-2020 average, and has continued in 2021, according to a new...
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres on Monday condemned the “ongoing military coup” in Sudan, saying Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and all other officials, “must be released immediately.” Read the full story, “UN chief...
Disarmament Week? But Hundreds of Nukes Can Be Launched Within Minutes
MADRID, Oct 25 (IPS) – Hadn’t it been so worrisome, it would be ironic to hear that humanity is to mark the World Disarmament...
Lidar reveals a possible blueprint for many Olmec and Maya ceremonial sites
An unexpected architectural tradition linked many Olmec and Maya societies of Mesoamerica, an ancient cultural area that ran from central Mexico to Central America....
Astronomers may have spotted the first known exoplanet in another galaxy
Astronomers may have spotted the first known planet in another galaxy. The potential world, called M51-ULS-1b, orbits both a massive star and a dead...
Jumping spiders’ remarkable senses capture a world beyond our perception
Imagine that the world is shades of gray and a little blurry, almost as if your lousy peripheral vision has taken over. This fuzzy...
The Dollar-Gold Standard’s Lingering Demise 
BRAZIL: ‘Resistance Is Intergenerational, and Art Is How Energy Gets Renewed’ 
The Global Leaders Network Pushes to Protect Women’s and Children’s Health 
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 5