Weather extremes are planet’s way of raising alarm: UN
The record-breaking weather phenomena that marked 2015 show every sign of continuing this year with more adverse effects on people and the planet, the UN said this week.
The record-breaking weather phenomena that marked 2015 show every sign of continuing this year with more adverse effects on people and the planet, the UN said this week.
Tens of millions of people have been saved from the deadly tuberculosis disease since 2000 but the “battle is only half-won”, UN health experts said ahead of World TB Day.
Outsourcing Liberia’s primary school system to a private company would be a “violation of the right to education.”
That’s the view of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh.
One year in to the conflict in Yemen, the humanitarian situation is extremely dire and in some areas “near to catastrophic” according to the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in the country.
Extractive industries like gas, oil and mining companies are taking control of water resources in local communities and even putting people’s health at risk.
Gender parity in sports both “on and off the field” is still far off, according to the International Olympic Committee (OIC).
Forests have a critical role to play in protecting water resources around the world according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The illegal-exploitation of natural resources across Africa’s Great Lakes region by armed groups is an “economic lifeline” that needs to be cut.
The world is losing “big time” because women entrepreneurs cannot fully participate in the global economy.