The UN Environment Program (UNEP) wants to close that gap. Last month it announced a new push – backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies – to help countries investigate and fix 80 per cent of major leaks detected by 2030. Currently, only 10 countries manage that. Currently, only 10 countries have reached that level of response. Methane … Read more
🔴 LIVE NOW What’s on the table? Council members are now meeting around the iconic horseshoe table to delve into how best to prevent conflict. Here’s what you need to know: Chapter VI overview:The UN Charter‘s Chapter VIthe Pacific settlement of disputesempowers the Security Council to call on parties in a dispute to resolve it … Read more
The UN’s office in Ukraine announced on Wednesday that its partners are seeking $358.4 million to provide heating assistance, shelter repairs, health care, protection and food and cash assistance to Ukrainians this coming winter. “Last winter showed us that attacks on energy can leave families without heating, electricity and water for days – and sometimes … Read more
The Security Council is meeting now in New York to debate critical minerals — the lithium, cobalt and copper powering the clean energy transition. Demand is set to triple by 2030. The question: will this mineral wealth build peace and prosperity, or fund conflict and corruption? Follow live updates throughout the day. Source link
Digging them out of the ground may be the most straightforward part of the process. Around the world, the United Nations is helping countries make sure these valuable resources create decent jobs, protect the environment and benefit local communities – not just global supply chains. Argentina: Putting communities at the center of the lithium boom … Read more
The Progress Declaration passed by a recorded vote of 162 in favor to one against, with no abstentions. It commits governments to strengthen national road safety systems, upgrade vehicle and infrastructure standards, and adopt the ‘Safe System’ approach, which designs roads and vehicles to survive the mistakes drivers inevitably make. Washington cries mission creep The … Read more
The story in 60 seconds Every electric vehicle, wind turbine, solar panel, smart phone; they all depend on minerals extracted from the earth. As countries accelerate the transition to clean (non-fossil fuel) energyDemand for minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and graphite is rising rapidly. For many countries, this presents an unprecedented economic opportunity. … Read more
“Rapes, gang rapes, violent assaults and killings of civilians are a common feature of M23’s modus operandi,” the experts said in a press release. “While these crimes are not exclusive to M23, the number of individuals affected is staggering and must end.” The most recent conflict in the eastern DRC began in 2021 when the … Read more
Diplomats stood alongside city officials and neighborhood volunteers, dishing out plates rather than platitudes, in a small but pointed answer to a question the UN spent Monday asking in more formal terms: what does Mandela’s legacy actually demand of us now? That question sat at the center of the General Assembly’s commemoration of Nelson Mandela … Read more
The warning comes in the latest edition ofThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report issued on Tuesday by five United Nations agencies. Estimates show that 7.8 per cent of the global population, or roughly 645 million people, faced hunger in 2025. This is down from 8.1 per cent in 2024 … Read more