Biodiversity: What is it and how can we protect it? | UN News
Jan 22, 2024 · What is the Biodiversity Plan? The Plan, officially called the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, is a UN-driven landmark agreement adopted by 196 countries to guide global action on nature through to 2030, which was hashed out at meetings in Kunming, China and Montreal, Canada, in 2022.. The aim is to address biodiversity loss, restore ecosystems and protect indigenous rights.
Gaza: Number of children killed higher than from four years of …
UN-partnered efforts to help alleviate the desperate situation amid ongoing fighting and Israeli bombardment included a World Food Programme aid convoy to Gaza City on Tuesday – the agency’s first successful mission to the north since 20 February.“With people in northern Gaza on the brink of famine, we need daily deliveries to the north, as …
COP16: Landmark biodiversity agreements adopted | UN News
Nov 3, 2024 · “This is an unprecedented occasion in the history of multilateral environmental agreements,” Camila Paz Romero, spokesperson for Indigenous Peoples at the summit, told UN News. “Indigenous peoples and local communities of the world – connected from our knowledge systems in the care of life and biodiversity – remember the long road we have traveled towards this agreement.”
Sudan trapped in a ‘nightmare of violence’, UN chief tells Security ...
Oct 28, 2024 · UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a “nightmare of violence, hunger, disease and displacement”, as the brutal war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues to …
Ukraine: Report reveals war’s long-term impact which will be felt …
Feb 22, 2024 · Millions displaced, thousands dead. In its latest report, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has verified 30,457 civilian casualties since 24 February 2022, including 10,582 killed and 19,875 injured, with the actual numbers likely to be significantly higher.. Millions have been displaced, thousands have lost their homes, and hundreds of medical and educational institutions have ...
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Ukraine: UN report reveals ‘horrific toll’ of Russian attacks
Jul 3, 2024 · Released on Wednesday by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), the report explained the hardships civilians faced, including physical and long-term socioeconomic harm.. It also emphasised the human rights impact of Russia’s renewed large-scale attacks on critical energy infrastructure in March, the ground offensive in the Kharkiv region in May and other developments in ...
‘Climate crunch time is here,’ new UN report warns
Oct 24, 2024 · In short, countries must start curbing emissions immediately, according to the UN Emissions Gap Report 2024. “Climate crunch time is here,” said UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen. “We need global mobilisation on a scale and pace never seen before, starting right now before the next round of climate pledges.” If not, she warned, the 1.5°C goal to cap rising temperatures set in the ...
China responsible for ‘serious human rights violations’ in Xinjiang ...
Aug 31, 2022 · A long-awaited report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into what China refers to as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has concluded that “serious human rights violations” against the Uyghur and “other predominantly Muslim communities” have been committed.
Food waste: a global problem that undermines healthy diets
Sep 28, 2021 · An additional 132 million people face food and nutrition insecurity today because of the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO said, ahead of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, on Wednesday 29 September.. Global problem. The problem of food waste is a global one and not limited to wealthy nations alone, said Nancy Aburto, Deputy Director of FAO’s Food and Nutrition Division Economic ...