Global food imports on track to reach all-time high: FAO
FAO/Ami Vitale / Conflict, rapid population growth and a heavy reliance on food imports pose serious challenges for food security in the Near East and North Africa. Food import costs…
Eight billion people, one humanity; Development milestone ‘testament’ to power of health and science
UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani / A group of children smile in Ismail Bhand village in Pakistan’s Shaheed Benazirabad district, Sindh province. Next week, the world’s population is due to reach eight billion, which…
Displaced families face winter hardships, UN refugee agency warns
UNHCR video screenshot / The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is appealing for urgent support for families forced to flee as they head into a grim winter. Millions of people displaced…
New UN weather report ‘a chronicle of chaos’: UN chief
Unsplash/Emerson Peters / Heatwaves account for some of the deadliest disasters on record, causing suffering and displacement. The latest report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), released on Sunday, shows that…
ASEAN States ‘well-placed’ to advance human rights, freedoms and a strong global economy
Nick Sells / Secretary-General António Guterres attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-UN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As “deepening divisions” threaten global peace and security, “dangerous rhetoric” is…
‘Fossil fuels are a dead end’, says top UN climate adviser on ‘Decarbonization Day’ at COP27
UNFCCC/Kiara Worth / Youth activists protest at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh demanding leaders to address ending the use of fossil fuels. Negotiations, sharing solutions aimed at curbing emissions by the…
‘Our futures are being stolen!’ Youth activists tell COP27 negotiators it’s past time to tackle ‘loss and damage’
UNICEF/Parvez Ahmad Rony / Protiva’s school in Sylhet closed due to heavy flooding in northeastern Bangladesh. Her home was also flooded. Armed with banners, picket signs, megaphones, and especially with…
Young people reconsidering parenthood due to climate change, UNICEF poll reveals
UNICEF/Frank Dejongh / A group of young U-reporters in the Ivory Coast. U-Report is a social platform created by UNICEF, available via SMS, Facebook and Twitter where young people express…
Dirty fossil fuel investments and a new AI inventory of global emissions in the spotlight during ‘Finance Day’ at COP27
UN News/Laura Quinones / People protest against fossil fuel funding during COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The first of the ‘thematic’ days kicked off on Wednesday at COP27, focused on…
‘10 gigatonne’ emissions boom leaves construction ‘off track’ for decarbonization by 2050
World Bank/Albes Fusha / Men work on the construction of a new road in Albania. The global building and construction boom has pushed the sector’s CO2 emissions to an all-time…
Developing countries at COP27 call for ‘climate justice’ in the form of adaptation and loss and damage funds
ADB/Rakesh Sahai / Sand bags are being placed on the banks of a river in India to provide protection against storm surges and floods. The second day of COP27’s Climate…
‘Cooperate or perish’: At COP27 UN chief calls for Climate Solidarity Pact, urges tax on oil companies to finance loss and damage
UNFCCC/Kiara Worth / Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the opening of the Climate Implementation Summit at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. At the opening of the two-day Climate Implementation Summit at…
New milestone in battle against illegal, unregulated fishing
FAO/Veejay Villafranca / Fishing boats docked in General Santos City Port Complex in the Philippines. Global action to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has intensified, the Food and Agriculture Organization…
Liberia: Put people before profit, experts on human rights and business urge
UN Photo/Albert González Farran / Vehicles get caught in a traffic jam in the centre of Monrovia, Liberia. (January 2018) Authorities in Liberia, as well as businesses operating there, must…
UN Human Rights Council inquiry hears testimonies on Shireen Abu Akleh killing
Al Jazeera / Veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh spent a quarter century covering life under Israeli military rule. A UN Human Rights Council-appointed probe into alleged rights violations in…
Iran: Stop sentencing peaceful protesters to death, UN experts urge
Unsplash/Neil Webb / People protest in London’s Trafalgar Square to support equality, women and human rights in Iran. Sixteen UN-appointed independent human rights experts encouraged Iranian authorities on Friday to stop…
Children of African descent ‘not considered children at all’, rights experts charge
UNICEF/Vincent Tremeau / Children wait to enter their classroom at a school in Burkina Faso. In a report issued on Tuesday, UN human rights experts outline how discrimination affects black…
Türkiye: UN experts call for end to harassment of human rights defenders
UN News/Nargiz Shekinskaya / Istanbul, the largest city in Türkiye. Five UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Tuesday for Türkiye to stop using counter-terrorism legislation to intimidate human rights defenders…
Egypt: Rights chief calls for immediate release of jailed blogger and activist
Unsplash/Simon Berger / Daily life in Cairo, Egypt. UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk on Tuesday appealed for Egypt to free a prominent blogger and activist whose life is…