Global Issues
News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1035
Ethiopia: Future of Tigray and Horn of Africa ‘in grave uncertainty’
- UN News
A year-long conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has reached “disastrous proportions”, the UN political chief told the Security Council on Monday, warning of “grave uncertainty” surrounding the future of the country and stability of the whole Horn of Africa region.
Myanmar: 3 million in need of humanitarian aid, ‘world is watching’ UN relief chief warns generals
- UN News
Growing conflict, insecurity, COVID-19, and a failing economy, has rendered some three million Burmese in in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance across Myanmar, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Monday.
A matter of life or death: At COP26, vulnerable countries tell developed nations it’s time to keep their promise on climate finance
- UN News
Massive floods, devastating wildfires, and rising seas – along with the countless lives they take and livelihoods they upend – are realities many nations are already facing. Voices from the front lines of climate change and its impacts were centre stage to start week two of COP26, which kicked off Monday in Glasgow with a focus on ‘adaptation, loss and damage’.
Rights experts urge Singapore to halt execution of man with mental disability
- UN News
A group of UN human rights experts appealed on Monday for Singapore to halt the execution of a Malaysian man who has intellectual disabilities.
Half World’s Population, Exposed to Floods, Storms, Tsunamis, by 2030
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Nov 08 (IPS) - While negotiators from all over the world have been discussing, since 31 October 2021 in Glasgow, every single word, coma and dot in order to reach a final text that is expected to apparently keep everyone happy but really not everybody satisfied, 50% of world’s population will live in coastal areas, exposed to floods, storms and tsunamis by the year 2030.
UN system generated 25% fewer greenhouse gas emissions in 2020
- UN News
With significant travel restrictions and large portions of personnel working from home in 2020, the UN system generated approximately 25 per cent fewer greenhouse emissions than in the year before.
New FAO analysis reveals carbon footprint of agri-food supply chain
- UN News
Food processing, packaging, transport, household consumption and waste disposal are pushing the food supply chain to the top of the greenhouse gas emitters list, according to a new study led by the UN agriculture agency, presented on Monday at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.
China's Risky Strategic Game in Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Nov 08 (IPS) - Before the February 1 coup, China was among the top international partners of the now-in-opposition National League for Democracy (NLD). From 2015 to early 2020, when China closed its borders due to COVID-19, NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi made five trips to China and met the Chinese President Xi Jinping five times.
Haiti’s race against the clock: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
- UN News
Haiti faces a number of “races against the clock” to deal with crises which, if left unaddressed, could have serious negative consequences for the country’s long-term future, according to the UN’s most senior humanitarian and development official in the country.
WFP warns 3 million more now ‘teetering on the edge of famine’
- UN News
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million - up by three million this year - as acute hunger spikes around the world.
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