‘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…
Like racism and sexism, ‘povertyism’ should be illegal, UN rights expert says
Marwan Tahtah / the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter during his visit to Lebanon from 1-12 Novemeber 2021 Although the global cost-of-living crisis…
COP27: $3.1 billion plan to achieve early warning systems for all by 2027
UNDRR/Chris Huby / Less than half of the Least Developed Countries and only one-third of Small Island Developing States have a multi-hazard early warning system. With climate-related disasters displacing more…
Sweden: Step up efforts to fight systemic racism, urge UN experts
Unsplash/Tamara Menzi / Street traffic in Stockholm, Sweden. Sweden should step up efforts to fight systemic racism and focus on strategies to restore trust between police and minority groups, said…
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…