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Extreme weather impacts cascading ‘from the Andes to the Amazon’

·March 29, 2025·2 min read

The study also highlights positive developments amid the bleak news, such as the growing role of renewable energy in the region and the power of early warning systems to save lives. “In 2024, weather and climate impacts cascaded from the Andes to the Amazon, from crowded cities to coastal communities,...

Tens of millions risk starvation as funding cuts deepen crises in DR Congo: WHO, WFP

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·March 28, 2025·3 min read

The United Nations agency has received only $1.57 billion of the $21.1 billion required to sustain its operations this year, with donations slashed by 40 per cent after cuts from major donors like the United States. “WFP is prioritizing countries with the greatest needs and stretching food rations at the...

Fast fashion fuelling global waste crisis, UN chief warns

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·March 28, 2025·2 min read

Speaking at an event commemorating Sunday’s International Day of Zero Waste, Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent action to curb the textile industry’s devastating impact on the planet. “Dressing to kill could kill the planet,” he stressed. The fashion industry is one of the world’s most polluting sectors, responsible for...

Tariffs: Job protectors or trade killers?

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·March 28, 2025·6 min read

Every month, the UN trade and development agency (UNCTAD) provides an update on what’s happening in the world of global trade. In March, the focus was on tariffs, and the report revealed that, whilst global trade reached a record $33 trillion last year, the outlook for 2025 remains uncertain, with...

DR Congo: Record numbers face acute or emergency hunger

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·March 28, 2025·3 min read

The situation represents one of the world’s worst food crises, according to the UN-partnered Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform. “The humanitarian situation in the DRC is deteriorating at an alarming rate. Families who were already struggling to feed themselves are now facing an even harsher reality,” said Eric Perdison,...

UN rights body sounds the alarm over South Sudan crisis

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·March 27, 2025·2 min read

The arrest of First Vice President and main opposition leader Riek Machar, alongside mounting military clashes and reported attacks on civilian populations, signals a severe unravelling of the peace process and a direct threat to millions, rights investigators said. Speaking later on Thursday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said Secretary-General António...

‘Renewables are renewing economies’, UN chief tells top climate forum

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·March 27, 2025·2 min read

2025 marks a milestone: the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement and the deadline for countries to submit their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), designed to keep the global goal alive of limiting temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Addressing the 16th Petersberg Climate Dialogue (PCD) in Berlin – the...

Deadly impacts of childhood stunting can be prevented, WFP insists

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·March 27, 2025·1 min read

Childhood stunting from malnutrition is a global but preventable problem if adequate investment can be found, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday, amid chronic funding shortages that threaten essential feeding programmes....

Pact for the Future: Countries urged to translate pledges into action

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·March 27, 2025·3 min read

General Assembly President Philémon Yang convened the informal interactive dialogue on the implementation of the Pact for the Future, which covers five areas: sustainable development, international peace and security, science and technology, youth, and transforming global governance. It was adopted at a UN summit in September 2024 together with two...

Yemen: Ten Years of War, a Lifetime of Loss 

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·March 26, 2025·3 min read

Ten years. That’s how long Yemenis have been putting their lives on hold – through airstrikes, through hunger, through loss. A decade of war has left Yemen’s infrastructure in ruins and its people exhausted. And yet, as the eleventh year begins, the world seems not to notice Yemen’s plight. Today,...

Gaza: No aid has reached war-torn enclave for more than three weeks

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·March 26, 2025·2 min read

And as supplies of food, medicine and other supplies run low, aid teams are increasingly concerned about growing anxiety in bread lines outside the enclave’s remaining bakeries. “Most attempts by humanitarian organizations to coordinate access with Israeli authorities within #Gaza result in #AccessDenied,” the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said in an online post....

Can renewable energy survive climate change?

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·March 26, 2025·9 min read

The race towards renewable energy is accelerating, and for all the looming challenges of the climate crisis, signs of progress are there: Solar panels are beginning to blanket deserts, wind turbines dot coastlines, and hydropower dams are harnessing powerful rivers to churn out clean electricity. Yet, even as the push...