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Report card 2: Half-way to the global goals deadline | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Halting unsustainable consumption and production which have contributed to the decline of biodiversity and the health of the world’s...
INTERVIEW: Actor Natalie Portman celebrates women and girls’ voices | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Investing more in women and girls’ education, safety and economic and social empowerment will speed the drive towards gender parity....
COP28 ends with call to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels; UN’s Guterres says phaseout is inevitable | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Nations at COP28 in Dubai approved earlier on Wednesday a roadmap for “transitioning away from fossil fuels” – a first for a UN climate...
‘Rebuild a foundation of hope’ for global human rights: Türk | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
World leaders gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), calling...
Climate advocates slam COP28 draft text that drops language on fossil fuel ‘phasedown’ | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The latest COP28 draft outcome text released to negotiators in Dubai Monday evening dropped a call to ‘phaseout’ fossil fuels, prompting...
World News in Brief: UN anti-corruption conference, global hunger ‘set to soar’, healthy diets unaffordable in Asia-Pacific | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Corruption not only robs resources, it robs people of hope, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, as nations gathered in...
Stop ‘kicking the can down the road,’ UN chief urges COP28 deal on phaseout of fossil fuels | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged a deal at COP28 on the phaseout of fossil fuels, telling negotiators that “now is...
COP28: The UN’s net-zero food plan to save the 1.5-degree goal, combat climate ‘doomisim’ | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
As COP28 heads into its final working days in Dubai, the UN’s agriculture wing launched on Sunday a ground-breaking plan that looks to...
Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28 | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by while climate change threatens their futures. They...
COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ahead on emissions cuts, fossil fuels | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
After a break, COP28 continues its work on Friday, also the day talks on an outcome text kick into high gear. Negotiators are trying to...