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Advocating for sustainable water ‘gamechangers’, Kőrösi goes West | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The water challenges confronting the western United States as a result of climate change and declining water supply, are similar to those...
Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas, and gold | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Chili peppers, fake medicine, fuel, gold, guns, humans, and more are being trafficked via millennia-old trade routes crisscrossing the...
Plenty abuzz on World Bee Day | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Beekeepers around the world earn their livelihoods from the golden honey their bees produce, but they also play a critical role in...
First Person: Rising from disaster | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Disasters can reverse hard-won development gains by decades and leave the most vulnerable populations more exposed to deadly risks. As...
‘Weak and insufficient’ progress made towards disaster risk reduction | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Global progress towards disaster risk management has been weak and insufficient, putting at risk the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals...
Guterres calls for end to digital divide, stressing ‘tremendous opportunities’ ahead | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The digital revolution offers “tremendous opportunities” to fast track sustainable development, but Least Developed Countries need much...
Post-pandemic world economy still feeling COVID-19’s sting | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Prospects for a robust global economic recovery remain dim as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic carry on, according to the...
Untested AI-based tools could harm patients, WHO warns | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
As excitement builds throughout health and information systems worldwide over the rich potential benefits of new tools generated by...
New UN ‘roadmap’ shows how to drastically slash plastic pollution | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies use existing technologies to make significant policy...
Road Safety Week: African nations steer towards reducing deaths | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among African youth, so governments across the continent have resolved to drive in a new...