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Banks worth $47 trillion adopt new UN-backed climate, sustainability principles
Banks collectively with more than $47 trillion in assets, or a third of the global industry, signed up on Sunday to new United Nations-backed responsible banking principles in a massive boost for climate action and the shift from…
Ahead of UN summit, leading scientists warn climate change ‘hitting harder and sooner’ than forecast
Top climate scientists issued a report on Sunday showing that over the last several years, sea-level rise, planetary warming, shrinking ice sheets and carbon pollution have accelerated; a sobering call to action for political…
With 5 billion set to miss out on health care, UN holds landmark summit to boost coverage
Some five billion people risk missing out on health care in 2030, unless countries close glaring gaps in health coverage, a new report revealed on Sunday, as the UN prepares to host a landmark summit to speed up progress on…
At UN, youth activists press for bold action on climate emergency, vow to hold leaders accountable…
Students and young activists on Saturday threw down the gauntlet to world leaders heading to United Nations Headquarters next week for high-level climate talks, demanding that they “stop wasting time” and work harder to curb carbon…
UN chief urges restraint following reported Saudi-led assault in Yemen
Amid reports of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike near Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah, Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concerns for the attacks in a Saturday statement attributable to his Spokesperson, Stephane Dujjaric.…
Despite progress in childbirth safety, one woman or baby dies every 11 seconds
Childbirth survival rates are now a “staggering success” compared with the year 2000, but one pregnant woman - or her child - still dies every 11 seconds from largely preventable causes, UN health experts said on Thursday.…
UN staff support youth-driven global action on climate crisis
Staff at UN Headquarters in New York joined untold numbers of students, scientists, organized labour, and everyday people worldwide, who took to the streets on Friday, demanding action to address climate change.
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‘Collective’ erosion of two-State solution, continues unabated: Mladenov
The “steady deterioration” of chances that a lasting peace can be negotiated between Israel and Palestine as two States live side by side, reflects a “collective failure” of leadership across the region and the world.
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Climate emergency ‘a new danger’ to peace, youth activists hear ahead of World Day
Among the efforts to build a sustainably peaceful world, “urgent climate action is needed” to curb environmental threats to all our well-being and security, the Secretary-General told the annual peace gathering in New York on Friday,…
INTERVIEW: Guterres urges world leaders to ‘do what is necessary’ for peace and the planet
As global leaders prepare to convene in New York next week to debate the best way forward for the planet, Secretary-General António Guterres is urging them to “do what is necessary” to ensure that “we are able to solve the…