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 –...
Events that were previously unthinkable in Colombia have been made possible through the historic 2016 peace agreement, the UN envoy for the country told...
Hurricanes may not be becoming more frequent, but they’re still more dangerous
Climate change is helping Atlantic hurricanes pack more of a punch, making them rainier, intensifying them faster and helping the storms linger longer even...
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...
NEW YORK, Jul 13 (IPS) – Could the next wars be triggered by climate change? Until recently, the question might have seemed like science...
‘The Joy of Sweat’ will help you make peace with perspiration
The Joy of SweatSarah EvertsW.W. Norton & Co., $26.95 The telltale darkened patches under our arms before a presentation. The cold slide of a...
The first step in using trees to slow climate change: Protect the trees we have
Between a death and a burial was hardly the best time to show up in a remote village in Madagascar to make a pitch...
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...
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