News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1210
2021: The Year that Matters for the Poorest People on the Planet
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 01 (IPS) - This year is being described as pivotal for climate change. That’s not only because we’re reaching a point of no return when it comes to the rise in global temperature, it’s because the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties – commonly known as COP26 – is due to take place in November in Glasgow.
Africa’s Forgotten Crisis
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 01 (IPS) - World leaders need to act for children and youth struggling to survive and thrive.A few weeks ago, I traveled with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to the Modale refugee site in the Nord-Ubangi province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). What we witnessed there was a profound humanitarian crisis that has left 4.7 million children and youth in need of urgent, life-saving, life-changing educational support.
Pandemic Relief Policies Need More Resources, Better Design
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 01 (IPS) - Pandemic relief measures in developing countries have been limited by modest resources, fear of financial market discipline and policy mimicry. COVID-19 has triggered not only an international public health emergency, but also a global economic crisis, setting back decades of uneven progress, especially in developing countries.
The COVID-19 pandemic motivates millions of tobacco users to quit, but they need support
- UN News
“Quitters are the real winners in the case of tobacco”, says the World Health Organization as part of a campaign to help smokers that have decided to quit during the COVID-19 pandemic, but lack the support to do so. A new chatbot and even an AI assistant are ready to aid them in their quitting journey.
Haiti: funding gap threatens the lives of nearly 86,000 children
- UN News
In Haiti, the number of severely malnourished under-fives could more than double this year, UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Monday. Some could die if they do not receive timely treatment.
COVID danger has not passed, States must support pandemic treaty: Tedros
- UN News
UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged all countries on Monday to support a pandemic preparedness treaty, warning that it would be a “monumental error” to think the danger of COVID-19 has passed.
Its Time to Reimagine Our Relationship with Nature
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, May 31 (IPS) - Our natural earth is dying. It is on the brink of collapse.
Due to human impacts the planet is losing species – its biodiversity – at a rate so alarming it’s said to be comparable to the 5th mass extinction 65 million years ago, bringing the era of the dinosaurs to an end. Just 15% of the world’s forests remain intact, and only 3% of the world’s oceans are free from human pressures.
First Person: Learning a recipe for freedom in Nigeria
- UN News
When Nigerian Blessing Ojukwu became pregnant after she was raped, her family disowned her. She was forced to live with her abuser, who continued to attack her. Now, a UN-backed initiative is giving her, and others in similar situations, a chance to become financially independent, and start new lives.
FROM THE FIELD: Ghost in the seashell
- UN News
“Ghost fishing” occurs when abandoned fishing gear dumped in the ocean traps and kills fish or other underwater life, and it is causing devastation to marine environments, warns the UN food agency, FAO.
Colombia: UN rights chief calls for an end to all forms of violence in Cali
- UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet voiced her “deep concern” at recent events in the Colombian city of Cali that include reports of several deaths and violence.
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