Three days into the landmark COP29 conference, the co-chairs of the NCQG have arrived at a workable basis for discussion on a new climate finance goal.

The Asia-Pacific region prospered by becoming the source of more than half of global factory output, but another ...

BAKU, Nov 14 2024 (IPS) - Climate change and its impact on public health hasn’t made the top of the agenda even at a forum ...

The Maasa are among Kenya’s pastoralist communities, particularly vulnerable to trachoma. The dusty environment they inhabit ...

After 19 months of conflict, the ongoing Sudanese Civil War continues to deteriorate living conditions for millions of ...

As the communities of Enga province in Papua New Guinea contend with the landslide that has devastated the residents of Yambani, the United Nations and its partners have been active on the ground ...

Gang violence has ravaged Haiti, causing thousands of civilian deaths, displacements, and violations of international ...

With the monsoon in Bangladesh, Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar have emerged as a dengue hotspot, with the mosquito-borne disease continuing to spread among the stateless refugees. "A total of 1 ...

Last month, over two thousand high-level participants from across the world met in Antalya, Turkey for the Midterm Review of the Istanbul Programme of Action, an action plan used to guide sustainable ...

UNEP's Head of Impact Assessment and Adaptation, Henry Neufeldt, has called for increased climate adaptation funding, ...

Climate change continues to pose an existential threat to humanity. Recent science estimates that we may have less than six ...

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11 2024 (IPS) - The ongoing, escalating violence in Lebanon forces millions of Lebanese civilians to face daily bombardment, repeated orders of evacuation, routine destruction of ...