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• Global Warming

‘Our futures are being stolen!’ Youth activists tell COP27 negotiators it’s past time to tackle ‘loss and damage’

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UNICEF/Parvez Ahmad Rony / Protiva’s school in Sylhet closed due to heavy flooding in northeastern Bangladesh. Her...

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• Global Warming

Young people reconsidering parenthood due to climate change, UNICEF poll reveals

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UNICEF/Frank Dejongh / A group of young U-reporters in the Ivory Coast. U-Report is a social platform...

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• Global Warming

Dirty fossil fuel investments and a new AI inventory of global emissions in the spotlight during ‘Finance Day’ at COP27

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UN News/Laura Quinones / People protest against fossil fuel funding during COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The...

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• Global Warming

‘10 gigatonne’ emissions boom leaves construction ‘off track’ for decarbonization by 2050

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World Bank/Albes Fusha / Men work on the construction of a new road in Albania. The global...

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• Global Warming

Developing countries at COP27 call for ‘climate justice’ in the form of adaptation and loss and damage funds

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ADB/Rakesh Sahai / Sand bags are being placed on the banks of a river in India to...

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• Global Warming

‘Cooperate or perish’: At COP27 UN chief calls for Climate Solidarity Pact, urges tax on oil companies to finance loss and damage

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UNFCCC/Kiara Worth / Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the opening of the ​​​​​​​Climate Implementation Summit at COP27 in...

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• Global Warming

New milestone in battle against illegal, unregulated fishing

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 FAO/Veejay Villafranca / Fishing boats docked in General Santos City Port Complex in the Philippines. Global action...

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• Human Rights

Liberia: Put people before profit, experts on human rights and business urge

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UN Photo/Albert González Farran / Vehicles get caught in a traffic jam in the centre of Monrovia,...

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• Human Rights

UN Human Rights Council inquiry hears testimonies on Shireen Abu Akleh killing

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Al Jazeera / Veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh spent a quarter century covering life under Israeli...

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• Human Rights

Iran: Stop sentencing peaceful protesters to death, UN experts urge

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Unsplash/Neil Webb / People protest in London’s Trafalgar Square to support equality, women and human rights in...

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• Human Rights

Rights expert urges Saudi authorities to allow family to access jailed activist

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• Human Rights

Children of African descent ‘not considered children at all’, rights experts charge

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UNICEF/Vincent Tremeau / Children wait to enter their classroom at a school in Burkina Faso. In a...

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Türkiye: UN experts call for end to harassment of human rights defenders

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UN News/Nargiz Shekinskaya / Istanbul, the largest city in Türkiye. Five UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on...

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Egypt: Rights chief calls for immediate release of jailed blogger and activist

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Unsplash/Simon Berger / Daily life in Cairo, Egypt. UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk on Tuesday...

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• Human Rights

Like racism and sexism, ‘povertyism’ should be illegal, UN rights expert says

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Marwan Tahtah / the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter during...

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• Human Rights

COP27: $3.1 billion plan to achieve early warning systems for all by 2027

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UNDRR/Chris Huby / Less than half of the Least Developed Countries and only one-third of Small Island...

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• Human Rights

Sweden: Step up efforts to fight systemic racism, urge UN experts

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Unsplash/Tamara Menzi / Street traffic in Stockholm, Sweden. Sweden should step up efforts to fight systemic racism...

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• News Now

The vital role of Syrian women in resolving bitter conflicts

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UNICEF/Delil Souleiman / UNICEF-supported volunteers speak with a family about preventive measures to stem the spread of...

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The vital role of Syrian women in resolving bitter conflicts

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UNICEF/Omar Sanadiki / A man sells oranges in Douma in Syria after the siege of the city...

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COP27: What you need to know about this year’s big UN Climate Conference

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Unsplash/Juanma Clemente-Alloza / The silhouette of the mountains in Sharm El-Sheikh, Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt This...

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Kenya: UN steps up protection for drought-hit women and girls

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UNFPA Kenya / Women attend a UNFPA-supported integrated community health outreach session on prevention and response to...

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• News Now

INTERVIEW: Guterres calls for course correction to end geopolitical divisions, tackle climate crisis

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UN Photo/Mark Garten / UN Secretary-General António Guterres takes a pilot ship through the Marmara sea in...

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‘How I became the first UN video game expert, and landed the best job in the world’

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UN Video/ Jessica Jiji / Eugenio Gastelum, the first-ever UN video game expert. Eugenio Gastelum has been...

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Adapt and survive: 5 ways to help countries cope with the climate crisis

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UNEP/ Georgina Smith / A UNEP project is supporting the government of Zambia to improve water security...

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INTERVIEW: New General Assembly President will seek every opportunity to build trust

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UN Photo/Evan Schneider / Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, chairs...

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