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As the Security Council met on Afghanistan, senior officials and civil society representatives delivered a clear warning Monday: despite relative security under the Taliban, worsening humanitarian conditions, restrictions on women and growing ...

Plastic pollution is choking the ocean, but sustainable alternatives - including seaweed - remain held back by tariffs, fragmented regulations and the overwhelming market advantage enjoyed by fossil fuel-based plastics.

The top UN aid official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is in Ituri province - the epicentre of the country's Ebola outbreak - for a three-day assessment visit, as the confirmed case count reaches 515 across three eastern provinces.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 8 (IPS) - This is the downfall of a diplomatic superstar. Germany's defeat in the election to the UN Security Council is the consequence of a foreign policy that has proven disastrous in recent times, failing to uphold either .. ...

CIVICUS discusses the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla on its mission to bring humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza with Musa Roshdy, a humanitarian activist who took part in the flotilla.

SRINAGAR, India, June 8 (IPS) - A new report has found that billions of dollars linked to illegal deforestation are flowing through global supply chains, with secrecy around land ownership and company records helping timber, soy, and beef products .. ...

The ocean covers more than 70 per cent of the planet and regulates climate, sustains biodiversity, and supports economies and cultures worldwide. It's the foundation of life on Earth.

Night has fallen over the town of Zémio, in the east of the Central African Republic. In a few hours, the December 2025 presidential election is due to take place, but the rebels of the "Azande Ani Kpi Gbe" (AAKG) militia have launched an offensive ...

From surgical gloves to water bottles, shopping bags and chewing gum, every part of our daily lives includes plastic. They epitomise convenience - their durability makes our dependence on them inextricable, but it also stifles the environment.

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 5 (IPS) - "While pressures on public budgets are growing and geopolitical tensions rising, it can be tempting to see environmental finance as optional. It is not," GEF Interim CEO and Chair Claude Gascon told the closing . ...