On the day following the US election, UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres issued a brief statement commending the people ...

The Paris Agreement on climate change is a decade old this month. While there has been progress – with new net zero pledges ...

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The Arab region is among the most water-scarce regions, as nearly 392 million people live in countries facing water scarcity ...

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 2024 (IPS) - On November 6, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the second round of ...

Imagine living with water up to your knees for half of the year, where homes are flooded, and people constantly fear that the ...

A small incident in the mounting mayhem of the 2024 elections crystalized the state of the dark art of politics in these ...

To make peace with nature, we must first make peace with ourselves because wars are won at the most devastating impacts of ...

The right to abortion is a human rights issue that no government agency, courts, local and state legislators, or anyone else has the right to violate or impede in any shape or form. It is a ...

Climate finance will be at the epicenter of COP29 negotiations; will a lack of scientific research hurt the Global South's ...

Cities, once thought to be modern utopias that foster innovation, inclusivity, and commerce, actually ended up being hubs for environmental degradation. Although the concept of urban living is ...

NEW YORK, Nov 1 2024 (IPS) - The United Nations, established in 1945 at the end of World War II, has sadly virtually outlived ...