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Q&A: Reflecting on Five Years of Educating Children in the Throes of Crises, Emergencies and Displacement
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (IPS) - Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund that brings teaching and learning to children in emergencies and protracted crises, is observing five years of reaching boys and girls in some of the world’s hardest-hit conflict and disaster zones.
SDGs: Greater urgency needed to meet environmental goals, improved data likely key
- UN News
Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new report issued on Saturday to coincide with the International Day for Biological Diversity.
Renewable tech brings power swarming through the world’s poorest villages
- UN News
Swarm grids, an innovative technology designed to work with renewable energy sources, are bringing reliable electricity to some of the world’s poorest and remote regions for the first time, providing a major boost to the livelihoods of those who live there.
Energy Transition Evolves in Central America and the Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, May 21 (IPS) - The situation of the energy transition in Central America and the Caribbean was the main issue debated this Friday 21st in the sessions at the XXX La Jolla Energy Conference, which is attended virtually by high officials, business delegates and analysts from the region.
First Person: Refugee ‘Russian Woman’ in bid for Eurovision glory
- UN News
Manizha Sangin arrived in Russia as young refugee, when her family fled the violence of the civil war in Tajikistan. Today, she is a high-profile singer, representing Russia in the final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, with the song “Russian Woman”. Ms. Sangin is also a UN Goodwill Ambassador for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), and a domestic abuse activist.
Libya: Ceasefire, planned elections, offer rare window of hope, Security Council hears
- UN News
On the heels of recent positive developments, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Libya pointed to renewed hope for peace in the conflict-affected country, and stability across the wider region, in a briefing to the Security Council on Friday.
Tired with Tokenism, Youth Launch Stronger Campaign for UN Biodiversity Day
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (IPS) - International Day for Biological Diversity is observed on May 22 under the theme ‘we’re part of the solution.’ A network of youth groups is informing policymakers that young people are tired of the same old rhetoric and platitudes.
The Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) has put leaders and policymakers on notice that they are not willing to listen to the same conversations, suggestions and unmet promises, as the world faces a biodiversity crisis.
UN urges worldwide support for cultural sector to aid COVID recovery
- UN News
The creative and cultural industry has played an essential role the world over throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and deserve more support moving forward, the President of the General Assembly said on Friday.
Everyone will lose unless humanity makes ‘peace with the planet’, declares Guterres
- UN News
Humanity is “waging a war on nature”, threatening biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, the UN chief said on Friday.
Ceasefire can’t hide scale of destruction in Gaza, UN warns, as rights experts call for ICC probe
- UN News
The humanitarian community has welcomed the ceasefire agreed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel but warned that the destruction in Gaza will take years, if not decades, to fix.
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