News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 3
Summit in Samarkand, a boon for child wellbeing and health
- UN News
Representatives from across the international community are meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to ensure that children everywhere can thrive in a world marred by war, climate chaos and other fundamental challenges.
UN agencies appeal for help to protect weakest from unprecedented El Niño
- UN News
Two UN agencies issued a powerful appeal on Wednesday for immediate assistance to help communities already being impacted by the strongest El Niño weather pattern on record.
Sudan conflict: Peace efforts resume to end ‘drone war’ fuelling humanitarian crisis
- UN News
Talks to halt the fighting in Sudan and alleviate the humanitarian crisis there continued in Geneva on Wednesday, where nearly two dozen countries convened to discuss a pathway to a ceasefire and transition to peaceful governance that represents all Sudanese people.
WHO supports Nigeria after first Ebola case confirmed
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) is assisting Nigeria following confirmation of the first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the country.
From Small Islands to Antalya: COP31 Must Move Climate Promises from Paper to People
- Inter Press Service
VICTORIA, Seychelles, October 21 (IPS) - When you grow up on a small island, the ocean is not scenery. It is your neighbour, your livelihood, and the measure of time itself. For decades, as I walked the beaches of Seychelles, I watched the subtle shifts that scientists were warning the world about. The tide crept a little higher up the sand each year. After a warm season, vibrant coral gardens turned ghost-white. Storms that once belonged to rare memory began arriving with unsettling regularity.
As El Niño Returns, East Africa’s Urban Poor Brace for Heavy Rains
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, October 20 (IPS) - Nearly three decades have passed, but Japhet Gimbi still remembers the rain.
AI on track to ‘crowd out’ human decision-making in warfare
- UN News
Artificial intelligence is already being widely used on the battlefield, and the role of human judgment in military operations is shrinking rapidly, the head of the UN’s independent disarmament research institute warned on Tuesday.
As Sudan war spills into Central African Republic, UN warns against early peacekeeper exit
- UN News
The UN warned on Tuesday against a premature withdrawal of its peacekeepers as the war in Sudan spills over into the Central African Republic (CAR).
‘One step away from famine’: Inside Afghanistan’s hunger crisis
- UN News
Following extreme hunger warnings, a bitter reality is unfolding across Afghanistan: food is available, but remains inaccessible for millions of people.
Yemen war continues to force families from homes amid hunger and disease
- UN News
More than 250,000 people have now fled renewed fighting in Yemen, the UN said on Tuesday, citing particular concern for those sheltering in the southwestern city of Taiz and the wider governorate, where access is “essentially blocked”.
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