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INTERVIEW: Connection between human rights and climate change ‘must not be denied’
2022-10-21 in UN News | Global perspective Human storiesThe right to life, food, development, self-determination, water and sanitation, and adequate housing, is being denied to millions of people because of climate change, the first UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Human Rights in the context of Climate Change, has told the General Assembly in his first formal report to the body.
Guterres urges youth: Keep pushing, mobilizing, ‘bringing your ideas to the table’
2022-04-20 in UN News | Global perspective Human storiesDespite war, COVID-19 and the climate crisis, all of which compound the other challenges facing young people today, the UN chief lauded youth for raising their voices and mobilizing for a better future.
8 reasons not to give up hope - and take climate action
2022-04-04 in UN News | Global perspective Human storiesAlthough once again the scientific community has made clear this week that we are not doing enough to limit global warming to the crucial 1.5°C threshold, the findings of the latest Intergovernmental Panel of Experts on Climate Change report, are not all doom, and gloom.
Tagged under: Climate Change
Gender equality ‘fundamental prerequisite’ for peaceful, sustainable world
2022-03-16 in UN News | Global perspective Human storiesGender equality is essentially “a question of power” that for millennia, has, “to the detriment of all”, been mostly in the hands of men, the UN chief told a town hall meeting on Wednesday, devoted to the issue.
World must ‘change track’ to protect oceans from climate crisis: Guterres
2022-02-11 in UN News | Global perspective Human storiesThe planet is facing the triple crises of climate disruption, biodiversity loss and pollution, Secretary-General António Guterres told the One Ocean Summit on Friday, warning that “the ocean shoulders much of the burden”.
Tagged under: Oceans | Climate Change | Biodiversity Loss
Climate change fuels violence and mass displacement in Cameroon
2021-12-10 in UN News | Global perspective Human storiesA flare-up in intercommunal fighting in northern Cameroon has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and brought a halt to aid operations there, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Tagged under: Climate Change
Biodiversity at risk, threatens human survival, UN forum hears
2021-03-24 in UN News | Global perspective Human storiesAs the living tissue of the earth, biodiversity is “intimately linked to human health” the head of the UN’s scientific agency told a global forum on Wednesday, noting that “we are part of that living tissue”.
Tagged under: Health
Natural disasters occurring three times more often than 50 years ago: new FAO report
2021-03-18 in UN News | Global perspective Human storiesNew and unprecedented forms of natural disasters are most heavily felt in the agricultural industry, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday.
World risks ‘collapse of everything’ without strong climate action, Attenborough warns Security Council
2021-02-23 in UN News | Global perspective Human storiesMore collective action is needed to address the risks climate change poses to global peace and security, the UN Secretary-General told a high-level Security Council debate on Tuesday, as renowned natural historian David Attenborough warned countries that the planet faces total ‘collapse’.
Tagged under: Climate Change | David Attenborough | Collapse
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