What 1.5°C Overshoot Means for Small Islands
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia, September 8 (IPS) – The world is now expected to breach the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit that small island states...
Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar spent
Tackling air pollution and climate change together can save millions of lives, reduce global warming and generate roughly $15 in economic benefits for every...
Human rights chief Türk renews call for end to spiralling Sudan war
The ongoing war in Sudan took centre stage at the UN Human Rights Council on Monday where the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,...
AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an ‘existential risk to humanity’
UN human rights chief Volker Türk added his voice on Monday to growing calls for greater AI controls, warning that the revolutionary technology could...
UNGA 81: A United Nations at a Turning Point
NEW YORK, September 7 (IPS) – The 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA81) opens tomorrow at a particularly important moment for multilateralism....
Nuclear Victims’ Experiences Must Be at the Heart of Global Efforts for Assistance and Remediation
UNITED NATIONS, September 7 (IPS) – More and more, global disarmament discussions are encompassing the humanitarian and environmental impacts of the testing and use...
LIECHTENSTEIN: ‘We Have One of the Strictest Abortion Bans in Europe’
CIVICUS discusses struggles for abortion rights in Liechtenstein with Gabriella Alvarez-Hummel, a journalist and reproductive rights activist who works with Fristenlösung für Liechtenstein, an...
New reservoir offers innovative solution to South Sudan cattle beef
At the end of a history-laden path winding through palm trees and scattered ruins – remnants of once-vibrant villages destroyed by cattle raids –...
‘Advance safety for all’: International police cooperation helps tackle cross-border crime
As criminal networks increasingly exploit weak institutions and operate across borders, the UN says no police force can tackle them alone. Read the full...
Midwives: The Workforce That Will Determine Maternal and Newborn Survival and Africa’s Future
NEW YORK / ADDIS ABABA, September 7 (IPS) – Tonight, thousands of women across Africa will give birth. Whether they survive to see daylight...
Countries must increase AI regulation to avoid ‘existential risks’: Türk 
Civilians bear the brunt, with deadly US strikes in Iran and thousands displaced in Yemen 
Highly persistent toxic waste threatens ‘many, if not all, human rights’ 
Money sent home by migrants nearly doubles in a decade