Atlantic Forest Named UN Global Restoration Flagship Initiative
The UN (United Nations) recognized forest restoration work in the Atlantic Forest as one of the most promising and relevant in the world, naming it the World Restoration Flagship of…
The European Union will ban imports of products that come from deforestation
The increase in consumption and demand for food worldwide encourages the expansion and intensification of agriculture, which often leads to an increase in deforestation and conversion of natural environments. WWF’s…
One in four girls and adolescents is married or in a union in Latin America
Child marriage and early unions are a complex phenomenon related to gender inequalities, poverty, school dropout, violence and adolescent pregnancy. Child marriage puts girls’ lives and health at risk, as…
2022 is confirmed as one of the warmest years
The La Niña weather phenomenon, which has a cooling effect, prevented 2022 from being the warmest year on record. The global average temperature in 2022 was around 1.15 degrees Celsius…
Regenerating nature requires an economic transformation
Biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate and the extractive, wasteful and polluting linear economy is increasingly recognized as one of the main underlying causes of this crisis. Currently,…
The largest amount of microplastics enters the body through bottled water
A person eats, drinks and breathes between 78,000 and 211,000 microplastic particles (plastic particles that measure less than five millimeters) per year. The “Human Consumption of Microplastics” research, published in…
A consortium of organizations is presented that seeks to promote regenerative food businesses
Regenerative food businesses (NAR) are associated with the generation of food products and processes in which the conservation, restoration and strengthening of ecosystems and their self-regulation capacity are central to…
During 2022, ‘Sembradoras por la ReactivAcción’ has generated more than 1,000 green jobs in Bogotá
“Sembradoras por la ReactivAcción” is a labor inclusion program in which 80% of the beneficiaries are women in vulnerable conditions. It is led by the Ministry of the Environment, the…
To stop global warming, the private sector must make the effort, we cannot afford to break the 1.5ºC threshold
According to the WMO we will break the threshold of 1.5º C to 1.8ºC in the next 5 years. Then intercontinental structural droughts may occur. As a consequence, between 2…
WHAT THE BIBBLE SAYS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
The answer the Bible gives God created man and woman, and he established that sexual relations should only take place between husband and wife (Genesis 1:27, 28; Leviticus 18:22; Proverbs…
Welcome to Global Solidarity! We work to save the children of the planet and stop Global Warming
https://globalsolidarity.live/ Welcome to Global Solidarity! We work to save the children of the planet and stop Global Warming. We have five years to be able to do it before breaking…
Sri Lanka: Cost-of-living crunch threatens to sink millions already facing hard choices
UN News/Daniel Johnson / The tea-pluckers with their wet-weather gear at Blue Field tea estate in Ramboda, Sri Lanka. Amid a looming food security crisis linked to Sri Lanka’s cost-of-living…
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…
The vital role of Syrian women in resolving bitter conflicts
UNICEF/Delil Souleiman / UNICEF-supported volunteers speak with a family about preventive measures to stem the spread of COVID-19 in Hassakeh, Syria. Throughout Syria’s civil war, women have risked their security…
The vital role of Syrian women in resolving bitter conflicts
UNICEF/Omar Sanadiki / A man sells oranges in Douma in Syria after the siege of the city was lifted in 2018. Throughout Syria’s civil war, women have risked their security…
COP27: What you need to know about this year’s big UN Climate Conference
Unsplash/Juanma Clemente-Alloza / The silhouette of the mountains in Sharm El-Sheikh, Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt This year’s UN Climate Conference takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, against a backdrop of…
Kenya: UN steps up protection for drought-hit women and girls
UNFPA Kenya / Women attend a UNFPA-supported integrated community health outreach session on prevention and response to gender-based violence. Lokapararai village, Turkana county, Kenya. Women and girls are bearing the…
INTERVIEW: Guterres calls for course correction to end geopolitical divisions, tackle climate crisis
UN Photo/Mark Garten / UN Secretary-General António Guterres takes a pilot ship through the Marmara sea in Turkey to view the Brave Commander. Citing a raft of global challenges –…
‘How I became the first UN video game expert, and landed the best job in the world’
UN Video/ Jessica Jiji / Eugenio Gastelum, the first-ever UN video game expert. Eugenio Gastelum has been obsessed with video games since he was a kid. And now, he’s managed…
Adapt and survive: 5 ways to help countries cope with the climate crisis
UNEP/ Georgina Smith / A UNEP project is supporting the government of Zambia to improve water security at Mukubwe Primary School to tackle the impacts of drought. From devastating floods…
INTERVIEW: New General Assembly President will seek every opportunity to build trust
UN Photo/Evan Schneider / Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, chairs the first plenary meeting of the session. At left is Secretary-General António Guterres,…
Over 27 million children at risk from devastating record-setting floods
UNICEF/Aldjim Banyo – The rivers Chari and Logone overflow in N’Djamena, after the heaviest rainy season in Chad in thirty years. Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children…
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 and…