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Food Security Is Key To Making ‘Peace with Nature’
- Inter Press Service
CALI, Colombia, Oct 29 (IPS) - As countries are meeting in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 16), the fate of biodiversity hangs in the balance, and with it, the sustainability of our food systems.
Scientific Research Can Play a Key Role in Unlocking Climate Finance
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Oct 29 (IPS) - Climate finance will be at the epicenter of the discussion at the UN Climate Change Conference 2024 (COP29). The focus will be on strengthening the fund and defining the conditions under which the countries of the Global South will be able to access this money. However, little is said about the scientific research that is required to gather the evidence and data to prove the loss and damage caused by the impact of climate change in developing countries.
Chickens as Well as Cheetahs: Biodiversity Conservation Must Also Include Livestock
- Inter Press Service
CALI, Colombia, Oct 29 (IPS) - As the UN's COP16 biodiversity conference continues, the temptation is to focus on the wild flora and fauna under threat.
But there is another, less obvious yet just as critical biodiversity crisis unfolding around the world that also deserves attention.
This Is Not a Drill. Fascism Is on the Ballot. But...
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Oct 29 (IPS) - The conclusion that Donald Trump is a fascist has gone mainstream, gaining wide publicity and affirmation in recent weeks. Such understanding is a problem for Trump and his boosters.
Russia: Torture now ‘a tool for repression at home and aggression abroad’
- UN News
In a new report report launched on Tuesday the UN independent expert on human rights in Russia exposes alarming patterns of torture used as a State-sanctioned tool of repression to stifle dissent and intimidate communities abroad.
Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings
- UN News
Escalating violence and new atrocities in Sudan have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels, with displacement now exceeding 11 million people amid reports of mass killings and systematic-sexual violence across multiple regions, UN officials said on Tuesday.
At COP16, Guterres urges world to ‘choose wisely…make peace with nature’
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called for decisive action to restore harmony with nature, warning that environmental crises are pushing humanity toward tipping points that threaten ecosystems, livelihoods and global stability.
Balancing biodiversity at global UN summit in Colombia
- UN News
Countries from around the world are meeting in the Colombian city of Cali, to discuss how best to protect biological diversity and develop a lasting blueprint that will allow humankind to live in harmony with nature.
Middle East crisis: Live updates on UNRWA, Gaza and more
- UN News
Join us through the day as we bring you the latest news from the Security Council, UN Headquarters and dispatches from across the Middle East as tensions escalate and the war on Gaza and Lebanon grinds on in the shadows of a new Israeli ban on UNRWA, the agency serving nearly six million Palestine refugees in the region. UN News app users can follow here.
UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban
- UN News
Top UN officials continued to line up on Tuesday to defend the irreplaceable role of the global body’s agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, insisting that if implemented, the Israeli parliament’s decision to ban it would only deepen suffering in Gaza.
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