First event of the year done with Global Voices ! Thank you to the WWF Fellows for the amazing opportunity to hear their first hand experiences and knowledge gained from the World Food Forum in 2024, and to present their findings and policy briefs. The night consisted of in-depth conversations around food policy and the […]
© UNICEF Renewed airstrikes have reportedly killed hundreds of people in the Gaza Strip. Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people – many of them women and children – and leaving widespread destruction in its wake, according to local authorities. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported […]
© NASA Earth Observatory Natural-colour satellite image of the margin of Matusevich Glacier in East Antarctica. (file) Glaciers in many regions will not survive the 21st century if they keep melting at the current rate, potentially jeopardising hundreds of millions of people living downstream, UN climate experts said on the first World Day for Glaciers. Together […]
Photo: UN Women/Jennifer Graylock A wideview of the UN General Assembly Hall. “Support us and include us” to achieve real progress on advancing equal rights for all, young leaders told the Commission on the Status of Women, as the forum wrapped up the first week of its annual session at the UN Headquarters, in New […]
© WWF-International/Suyash_Kesh A tiger at Bandhavgarh National Park, India. Governments on Friday reached agreement on a strategy to raise an additional $200 billion each year to better protect the world’s flora and fauna by 2030. Delegates met in Rome this week for the resumption of the UN Biodiversity Conference to hammer out an agreement at […]
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited Irpin in Ukraine in April 2022 Monday marks three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in clear violation of the UN Charter and international law, and the UN Secretary-General has renewed his call for de-escalation and an end to the conflict. “On this tragic […]