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Addressing the opening of an international forum in Hanoi on partnerships for green growth, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Wednesday emphasized the need for accelerated action to meet global climate and development goals.

NEW DELHI, Apr 16 (IPS) - Late in February, India's noted ornithologist and conservationist, Asad Rahmani, wrote a letter to a wildlife warden in north India expressing his satisfaction about the availability of water in four important wetlands in .. ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Apr 16 (IPS) - Last year, 343 million people were experiencing acute food insecurity, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). That's 10 percent higher than in 2023.

PORTLAND, USA, Apr 15 (IPS) - As the world's population of 8.2 billion people increases in size and becomes older due to demographic ageing, the number of people experiencing the long goodbye, or dementia, is rapidly rising.

LONDON, Apr 15 (IPS) - The recent US court case that ordered three Greenpeace organisations to pay damages of over US$660 million to an oil and gas company was a stunning blow against civil society's efforts to stop runaway climate change and ...

NEW YORK, Apr 15 (IPS) - April marks Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the history, causes and victims of past genocides and to mobilize the necessary resolve to confront risks facing populations around the world today who ...

Young people from across the globe are meeting at UN Headquarters this week to share their recommendations to transform the world into a fairer, greener and more sustainable place.

Israeli military operations in Lebanon have continued to claim civilian lives and destroy vital infrastructure, the UN human rights office warned on Tuesday, raising alarm over mounting violations since a ceasefire agreement took effect last November ...

A plane carrying some 40 metric tonnes of lifesaving aid arrived in Myanmar from Dubai on Tuesday to support survivors of the devastating earthquake last month.

The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on African Descent in New York said on Tuesday.