‘Haitians are coming together to tackle the cholera crisis’: A UN Resident Coordinator Blog
Haitians are coming together to tackle the recent outbreak of cholera in the country, says the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country....
Heatwaves to impact almost every child on earth by 2050: UNICEF report
Heatwaves have become an unavoidable health hazard for many nations, but new data indicates that they are set to affect virtually every child on earth by 2050,...
Political solution still the only path to peace in Syria: UN Special Envoy
With peace in Syria still an elusive goal, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen appealed on Tuesday for the Security Council to support his efforts...
Climate Change Brings New Pest & Disease Pressures Previously Unimaginable
BERLIN, Oct 25 (IPS) – In temperate zones lie most of the world’s richest countries, which have also been up till now the world’s...
Broken Relationship with Nature Exposed as Global Wildlife Population Plummets
Nairobi, Oct 25 (IPS) – Home to a variety of iconic and rare animal and plant species, freshwater lakes, rivers, waterfalls, and the expansive...
Iranian Women Fight in the Streets, But Also from Home
COPENHAGEN, Oct 25 (IPS) – It’s been over a month since Bayan, a 30-year-old Persian language teacher, last left her home in the Kurdish...
Landslides shaped a hidden landscape within Yellowstone
DENVER — A hidden landscape riddled with landslides is coming into focus in Yellowstone National Park, thanks to a laser-equipped airplane. Scientists of yore...
Need a fall read? ‘The Song of the Cell’ offers tales from biology and history
The Song of the CellSiddhartha MukherjeeScribner, $32.50 In the summer of 1960, doctors extracted “crimson sludge” from 6-year-old Barbara Lowry’s bones and gave it...
‘Game changer’ ideas on water and sustainability, centre-stage ahead of major water conference
Some 1,200 scientists, representatives of the private sector and civil society met at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday to discuss potentially game-changing...
Macroeconomic Policy Coordination More One-Sided, Ineffective
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 (IPS) – Widespread adverse reactions to the UK government’s recent ‘mini-budget’ forced new Prime Minister Liz Truss to...
AI agents aren’t ready to replace humans in behavioral research 
One in five children in 21 nations faced tech-facilitated sexual abuse: UNICEF 
El Niño is surging. Months of extreme heat could follow 
Strengthen Africa’s Seed Systems El Niño Threat Becomes Reality Again