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The 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66), the second largest UN intergovernmental meeting in New York, closed its two-week long session, acknowledging the important role of women and girls as agents of change for…
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering a "mass bleaching event" as coral comes under heat stress from warmer seas, reef authorities said Friday. An aerial survey showed coral bleaching at multiple reefs, "confirming a mass bleaching…
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With the fighting between Russia and Ukraine set to enter the fourth week, the United Nations on Tuesday said one child was becoming a refugee every minute due to the conflict. A spokesperson for the United Nations' children's agency -…
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As the world picks up speed in its race against climate change and moves forward from the 2021 Glasgow Climate Change Conference, let’s look at ten key global events in 2022 that will shape critical conversations and influence public policy…
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The report released last week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of scientists mandated by the UN to track climate change, is particularly scathing about the impact of global warming that the world will experience in…
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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is set to reprimand Russia on Wednesday over its invasion of Ukraine and demand that Moscow stops fighting and withdraw its military forces, a move that aims to diplomatically isolate Russia at the…
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The United Nations on Monday called for an immediate ceasefire by all parties involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. UN secretary general António Guterres said there was a need for exercising maximum restraint and initiating dialogue.…
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday appealed to Russian president Vladimir Putin after he announced a military operation in eastern Ukraine, news agency Reuters reported. The global peace body's chief urged Putin…
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“By the end of the century, the probability of wildfire events similar to Australia’s 2019-2020 Black Summer or the huge Arctic fires in 2020 occurring in a given year is likely to increase by 31-57 percent,” it said. The heating of the…
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The meeting opened to approve the report of the second IPCC Working Group focusing on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability to climate change which will be added to the Sixth Assessment Report later this month. The report of the first…
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