Global Issues
News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1032
Yemen: UN Special Envoy calls for urgent end to fighting, as humanitarian needs escalate
- UN News
Ahead of Thursday’s Security Council meeting behind closed doors on Yemen, the UN Special Envoy, Hans Grundberg, said that a UN-led political process could still be part of a sustainable solution to the conflict.
Violence, insecurity and climate change drive 84 million people from their homes
- UN News
As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced now exceeds 84 million globally, according to new data released on Thursday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
COP26: Promises ‘ring hollow’ when fossil fuels still receive trillions in subsidies; UN chief calls on negotiators to pick up the pace
- UN News
Governments need to show the necessary ambition on mitigation, adaptation, and finance in a balanced way, and they can’t settle for the “lowest common denominator”, the UN Secretary-General said in Glasgow where crucial climate negotiations are in the final stretch. Meanwhile, 13 countries launched a new alliance to end gas and oil while the cities’ theme took centre stage today.
COP26: Climate Action in Agribusiness Could Reduce Emissions by up to 7 per Cent
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Nov 11 (IPS) - Targeted action in agriculture could have a massive impact on climate change, according to a joint brief by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Investment Centre of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow scheduled to end November 12.
World food import bill to reach record high in 2021
- UN News
The global food trade should hit an all-time record high in both volume and value terms, according to a new report released on Thursday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Social Movement Voices Fall on Deaf Ears of Governments at COP26
- Inter Press Service
GLASGOW, Nov 11 (IPS) - One element that runs through all social movement climate summits is their rejection of the official meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the low ambition of its outcomes - and the treaty's 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) was no exception.
Education Cannot Wait Investments Change Lives for Children, Including At-Risk Girls, Children with Disabilities and Teachers in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
Juba, South Sudan, Nov 10 (IPS) - Ayom Wol sits under a tree in South Sudan in the scorching midday sun. He is a newly-trained teacher, preparing for tomorrow’s lessons. His school principal says he has to prepare while at school because there is no electricity at home.
Tedros calls for new high-level working group to get 40% vaccinated by year’s end
- UN News
With just seven weeks to go before the end of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) is asking Member States to immediately establish a high-level working group, to reach the target of vaccinating 40% of the world’s population against COVID19, by 31 December.
UN chief welcomes China-US pledge to cooperate on climate action
- UN News
Wednesday’s announcement that China and the United States have agreed to collaborate more closely on climate action was hailed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as an important step in the right direction.
New UNESCO education report calls for ‘new social contract’
- UN News
Imagining a new future for education by 2050, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is asking three questions: What should be continued? What should be abandoned? And what needs to be creatively invented afresh?
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