News from the United Nations
- Raising the roof: Building resilience through conserving historic homes in the Philippines November 16, 2024One of the best-preserved Spanish colonial towns in Asia that was damaged in a huge earthquake in the Philippines is being repaired with an eye to reducing the impact of future disasters thanks in part to the support of the UN educational and cultural organization UNESCO.
- Will COP29 deliver the trillions needed to tackle the man-made climate crisis? November 16, 2024The latest round of UN climate negotiations, COP29, opened this past Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, following a year that broke multiple extreme heat records and saw widespread climate-driven chaos – from wildfires to destructive floods and hurricanes – hit nearly every corner of the world. A major increase in financial commitments to assist vulnerable countries […]
- COP29: Digital tech and AI can boost climate action, but curbing the sector’s emissions is key November 16, 2024Leaders in technology and the environment at COP29 in Baku endorsed on Saturday a declaration pledging to use digital technologies to accelerate climate action while reducing the carbon and pollution footprints of tech manufacturing and tackling the growing problem of e-waste.
- Jeddah conference closes with adoption of global pledges to tackle antimicrobial resistance November 16, 2024The 4th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) wrapped up on Saturday with the adoption of the Jeddah Commitments, which lay out practical, actionable and cross-sectoral steps stakeholders can take to address this complex health issue.
- COP29: Governments, industry must stop ‘lip-service’ on methane and slash emissions, says UNEP November 15, 2024The UN environment agency chief warned the COP29 climate summit in Baku on Friday that methane emissions must come down – “and come down fast” –to have any chance of controlling global warming.
- Middle East crisis: Live updates for 15 November November 15, 2024At least 100,000 people have been forced to leave northern Gaza, with UN colleagues on the ground reporting worsening conditions and Israel's continuous denial of aid delivery requests as displacement and the death toll rises there and in Lebanon amid constant airstrikes. App users can follow our live update through the day here.
- Everyone has a role in press freedom, insists Narcos star Diego Luna November 15, 2024Mexican actor, producer and director Diego Luna took a break from the big screen on Thursday to highlight the dangers faced by journalists in his country and beyond, condemning murders of reporters everywhere as “a scandal”.
- Antimicrobial resistance crisis ‘happening now,’ WHO’s Tedros stresses at Jeddah summit November 15, 2024The top UN health official gave a sobering reality check as the Fourth Global High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance began Friday in Jeddah: “AMR doesn't just threaten to make the medicines on which we depend less effective; it’s happening now.”
- One in three women experiences gender-based violence November 15, 2024Every year, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign led by UN Women serves as a powerful reminder of the widespread violence women and girls face worldwide.
- Rights experts call for immediate end to post-election violence in Mozambique November 15, 2024UN independent human rights experts on Friday called on Mozambican authorities to prevent and end ongoing violence and repression of demonstrators in the wake of contentious general elections last month.