UN News
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COP27: Week two opens with focus on water, women and more negotiations on loss and damage
On ‘Women and Water’ Day at COP27, the power of women as key drivers of climate solutions, and the crucial impact that the climate crisis is...
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Cambodia: In visit to genocide museum, UN chief warns of the dangers of hate and persecution
Preserving the memory of people who suffered and died during the Khmer Rouge's rule in Cambodia helps to ensure such atrocities are never...
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Sustainable food cold chains reduce waste, fight climate change: UN report
Greater investment in sustainable food cold chains is needed to decrease hunger, provide livelihoods to communities, and adapt to climate change,...
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Adapt or starve: COP27 spotlights agricultural challenges and solutions in the face of climate change
Small-scale farmers from developing countries produce one-third of the world’s food, yet they only receive 1.7 per cent of climate finance...
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Young Haitians bond over sports, earrings and pineapple jam
Young people from some of the most vulnerable and violent gang-controlled neighbourhoods of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince have been talking...
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Displaced families face winter hardships, UN refugee agency warns
Millions of people displaced by conflict or persecution from Ukraine, Afghanistan and across the Middle East could face a perilous winter as...
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‘Fossil fuels are a dead end’, says top UN climate adviser on ‘Decarbonization Day’ at COP27
Negotiations, sharing solutions aimed at curbing emissions by the world’s biggest-polluting industries, as well as continued calls for climate...
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Eight billion people, one humanity; Development milestone ‘testament’ to power of health and science
Next week, the world’s population is due to reach eight billion , which the UN chief is describing as “a testament to scientific breakthroughs...
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Crime and terrorism thriving again in Afghanistan amid economic ruin, warns Kőrösi
Two-thirds of Afghans are going hungry, with girls' education subject to “random edicts” of the Taliban, while crime and terrorism are thriving...
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‘Our futures are being stolen!’ Youth activists tell COP27 negotiators it’s past time to tackle ‘loss and damage’
Armed with t-shirts, banners, picket signs, megaphones, and especially with heart-wrenching testimonies backed by scientific and financial...
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Global disparity in access to essential vaccines, says WHO report
Limited supply and unequal vaccine distribution means that lower-income countries consistently struggle to access essential inoculations in demand...
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Rights expert urges Saudi authorities to allow family to access jailed activist
The family and lawyers of a jailed Saudi activist, who reportedly is being held incommunicado, must be granted immediate access to him, the UN...
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Dirty fossil fuel investments and a new AI inventory of global emissions in the spotlight during ‘Finance Day’ at COP27
The first of the ‘thematic’ days kicked off on Wednesday at COP27, focused on finance, and activists made it clear right from the start that...
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Developing countries at COP27 call for ‘climate justice’ in the form of adaptation and loss and damage funds
The second day of COP27’s Climate Implementation Summit saw world leaders raise their voices for concrete action, particularly on adaptation and...
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Egypt: Rights chief calls for immediate release of jailed blogger and activist
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk on Tuesday appealed for Egypt to free a prominent blogger and activist whose life is in imminent...