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A dangerously hot climate, simmering political tensions: ‘This is not the summer of our youth,’ UN chief warns
These extreme weather events are just the tip of the iceberg. And that iceberg is also rapidly melting António Guterres,...
Thursday’s Daily Brief: Climate emergency, call to support breastfeeding, rising political heat and new investigation board for Syria
UN chief warns of dangerously hot climate, and political tensions Global warming and rising political tensions are dangerous and avoidable,...
UN working ‘intensively’ to stop Ebola in eastern DR Congo, following second case in major border town
On Wednesday, David Gressley, the UN Ebola Emergency Response Coordinator, and Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, Assistant Director-General for Emergency Response...
FROM THE FIELD: Turning waste into a business in the slums of Yaoundé, Cameroon
The increasing volume and complexity of waste associated with modern economies is posing a serious risk to ecosystems and human...
Wednesday’s Daily Brief: World Breastfeeding Week kickoff, Second Ebola death on DR Congo’s eastern border, UN chief lauds climate activist Thunberg, Afghan bus attack, and outgoing UN agriculture chief hands over reigns
World Breastfeeding Week 2019 to spotlight importance of family-friendly policies World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to...
Migration and the climate crisis: the UN’s search for solutions
Dina Ionesco is the head of the Migration, Environment and Climate Change Division at the UN International Organization for Migration...
UNICEF must triple budget to combat Ebola outbreak in DR Congo; complex crisis impacting unprecedented number of children
“This Ebola response is far more complex because it is in an active conflict zone,” Jerome Pfaffmann, a UNICEF health specialist, told reporters...
Monday’s Daily Brief: Children in armed conflict, Ebola in DR Congo, human rights in Bahrain, and two International Days
New UN report shows record numbers of children killed, maimed in conflict A new UN report has found that 2018...
Green Life Hacks with Chef Grace Ramirez
How do you live sustainably everyday? My days vary; I travel a lot so it’s hard for me to have...
Eliminating hepatitis calls for ‘bold political leadership, with investments to match,’ UN health chief says
A new study by WHO, published on Friday in Lancet Global Health, found that investing $6 billion per year in eliminating hepatitis in 67 low-...
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