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Climate emergency: 2025 declared international year of glaciers
- UN News
As glaciers disappear at an alarming rate due to climate change, the UN General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP).
UN rights expert calls for end to Russia’s crackdown on lawyers
- UN News
A UN independent human rights expert on Tuesday called for an end to Russia’s severe crackdown on the legal profession, condemning the prison sentences handed down to three lawyers last week who defended the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Aid surging into Gaza ‘at scale’ but massive needs remain: OCHA, WHO
- UN News
Aid is entering Gaza “at scale” in line with the ceasefire agreement that has seen Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners released and families reunited, but massive needs remain across the devastated enclave, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
UN regrets US exit from global cooperation on health, climate change agreement
- UN News
UN agencies responded on Tuesday to President Trump’s executive orders ending US membership of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its adherence to the Paris Climate Agreement, highlighting the massive potential negative impact on public health and efforts to curb global warming.
Martin Luther King Jr’s Legacy on Health Equity Through the Eyes of a Black African Doctor
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jan 20 (IPS) - Every year, January 20 is celebrated as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement who fought for equality and justice, especially for Black people, through peaceful protests and powerful speeches. The day is observed annually on the third Monday of January, close to his birthday on January 15. It is a time to remember his work, reflect on his message of fairness and nonviolence, and engage in acts of service to help others in our communities.
Still Hopes for a Future Plastic Treaty - But it Won’t be Easy
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan 20 (IPS) - The last few weeks of 2024 were a disappointment for those who strongly believed that planet Earth is in need of bold actions.
First, there were the frustration stemming from what could be defined at minimum as unconvincing outcomes of both COP 16 on Biodiversity and COP 29 on Climate.
Pemba’s Woman Salt Farmers Forge Livelihoods Amid Climate Woes
- Inter Press Service
PEMBA, Tanzania, Jan 20 (IPS) - As the cool morning breeze sweeps across the Indian Ocean beach in Tanzania’s Pemba archipelago, Salma Mahmoud Ali begins her day. With her brightly coloured Kikoi cinched tightly around her waist and a dark blue scarf framing her face, she walks barefoot toward her salt ponds. The humid air hangs, but Ali wades through ankle-deep water with courage.
Photo Essay: Kashmir's Ingenious Climate-Responsive Architecture.
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Jan 20 (IPS) - India's average temperature has risen by 0.7°C since 1901, bringing more frequent and intense heat waves, erratic rainfall patterns, and a marked decline in monsoon consistency since the 1950s.
World News in Brief: Sudan famine latest, weekend attacks in Ukraine, Tanzania Marburg virus update
- UN News
A UN aid convoy is on its way in southern Sudan to the strategically important city of Wad Madani, carrying food and nutrition supplies for families at risk of famine.
Stories from the UN Archive: Roots of ‘no justice, no peace’
- UN News
As the United States marks Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we’re looking back this Monday at a story we produced last year examining the roots of the civil rights’ icon’s powerful call to action - “no justice, no peace”.
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