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From Declaration to action: Antimicrobial resistance initiatives centre stage at Jeddah conference | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Antimicrobial resistance initiatives are back in the spotlight as stakeholders gather in Jeddah, on the Saudi Arabian coast, a few months...
COP29: ‘Now is the time to fast-track, not backtrack’ on the path to net-zero | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Meeting on Thursday with non-governmental entities in Baku for the COP29 climate talks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted...
COP29: ‘You have every right to be angry’ Guterres tells youth advocates frustrated over lack of climate action | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
As negotiations over how to tackle climate change head into their fifth day in Baku, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed...
COP29: Energy transition must not trigger a ‘stampede of greed’ that crushes the poor | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Climate talks at COP29 in Baku on Wednesday turned to the pressing issue of how to manage the demand for minerals essential to producing...
COP29 climate talks: Major emitters must right ‘colossal injustice’ on island nations, says UN chief | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
COP29 talks in Baku on Wednesday turned to small island nations facing an existential threat from our warming planet, as UN...
‘Pay up or humanity will pay the price’, Guterres warns at COP29 climate summit | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must take...
COP29: Guterres urges countries to ‘get serious’ on loss and damage funding | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for countries to step up contributions to a financial mechanism to assist...
COP29: Push for agreement on a new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’ | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Following another year of record-high global heat and extreme weather events, UN climate chief Simon Stiell told negotiators at COP29 in...
Unhealthy eating drives $8 trillion in annual hidden costs | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Most of the hidden costs of agrifood systems worldwide stem from health impacts linked to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart...
COP29: Deadly weather events show cost of climate inaction | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Record-breaking floods in Spain, violent storms in Florida and wildfires in South America – these are just a few examples of the extreme...