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The COP28 Presidency has called for urgent action to strengthen global adaptation action across all levels to mitigate vulnerability and enhance resilience for communities, ecosystems, and economic sectors. This appeal came during the…
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It is an honour to serve as Vice Chairperson of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) alongside so many distinguished colleagues. I am pleased to be in Beijing for this Annual General…
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The United Nations is in the throes of what Secretary-General António Guterres calls an “unprecedented” six-month exit from Mali on orders of the West African nation’s military junta, which has brought in mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner…
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UN experts have written to oil firm Saudi Aramco and its financial backers challenging them on allegations that their activities are fuelling climate change-related negative impacts on human rights. A cache of correspondence was published…
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Environmental leaders from 185 countries gathered in Vancouver, Canada, on Thursday to launch a fund to support global conservation, and the United Nations called for contributions to help meet goals including protection of 30 percent of…
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More than 200 members of Afghanistan’s former military, law enforcement and government have been killed since the Taliban took over despite a “general amnesty” for old enemies, the UN mission in Afghanistan said. At least 218 extrajudicial…
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A Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s northern city of Chernihiv killed seven people and wounded more than 100 on Saturday, in what the UN denounced as a “heinous” attack. The strike came during the Orthodox holiday of the Transfiguration…
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Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council Wednesday over the plight of the 120,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh region that Armenia says are blockaded by Azerbaijan and facing a humanitarian crisis.…
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A top United Nations (UN) expert has said the world is likely to face major food supplies disruption even before the temperature rise touches 1.5*C. The countries across the world are committed to keep the temperature rise to below 1.5*C…
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The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting on artificial intelligence on Tuesday where China said the technology should not become a “runaway horse” and the United States warned against its use to censor or repress people.…
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