On the day following the US election, UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres issued a brief statement commending the people ...

The Paris Agreement on climate change is a decade old this month. While there has been progress – with new net zero pledges ...

Cities are in a unique position, simultaneously the biggest emitters of greenhouse gasses and the most affected areas of the ...

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 2024 (IPS) - On November 6, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the second round of ...

The Arab region is among the most water-scarce regions, as nearly 392 million people live in countries facing water scarcity ...

Imagine living with water up to your knees for half of the year, where homes are flooded, and people constantly fear that the ...

A small incident in the mounting mayhem of the 2024 elections crystalized the state of the dark art of politics in these ...

To make peace with nature, we must first make peace with ourselves because wars are won at the most devastating impacts of ...

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 5 2024 (IPS) - The decision of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, to adopt two laws that would severely limit or outright ban UNRWA has the potential to set a dangerous precedent, ...

Climate finance will be at the epicenter of COP29 negotiations; will a lack of scientific research hurt the Global South's ...

More durable than bronze, higher than Pharaoh’s pyramids is the monument I have made, a shape that angry wind or hungry rain cannot demolish, nor the innumerable ranks of the years that march in ...

NEW YORK, Nov 1 2024 (IPS) - The United Nations, established in 1945 at the end of World War II, has sadly virtually outlived ...