The shockwaves from Israel’s ongoing and indiscriminate warfare on Gaza and Lebanon are reverberating across this entire ...

Gang violence has ravaged Haiti, causing thousands of civilian deaths, displacements, and violations of international ...

BAKU, Nov 12 2024 (IPS) - Scientists warn of vastly higher impacts on billions of people’s livelihood and cost to the global ...

UNEP's Head of Impact Assessment and Adaptation, Henry Neufeldt, has called for increased climate adaptation funding, ...

Climate change continues to pose an existential threat to humanity. Recent science estimates that we may have less than six ...

On the day following the US election, UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres issued a brief statement commending the people ...

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 2024 (IPS) - When the United Nations imposes sanctions or penalizes a member state – be it the General Assembly or the Human Rights Council – the resolutions are “non-binding” ...

The Arab region is among the most water-scarce regions, as nearly 392 million people live in countries facing water scarcity ...

of the years that march in centuries. I shall not wholly die: some part of me will cheat the goddess of death. Thus wrote, not without reason, in 23 BCE the proud and self-conscious Horace. So far, he ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 6 2024 (IPS) - Imagine living with water up to your knees for half of the year, where homes are flooded, and people constantly fear that the sea might one day engulf the ...

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 5 2024 (IPS) - The decision of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, to adopt two laws that would severely limit or outright ban UNRWA has the potential to set a dangerous precedent, ...

KAMPALA, Uganda / NEW JERSEY, USA, Nov 5 2024 (IPS) - Africa has had a terrible record dealing with extreme poverty. The late Adebayo Adedeji, the legendary head of the United Nations Economic ...