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#122959
2019-11-11

UN spends millions from climate change fund on flights, hotels

The United Nations has allegedly been spending its Green Climate Funds on business class travel and lavish hotels, new reports show. This year alone, the Green Climate Fund’s core staffing figures reached US$65 million (AU$94.3 million), and its broader administration bill exceeded US$200 milli ...

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#122355
2019-09-25

UN summit day #3 : SDGs in the spotlight

Over this special series on the UN climate action summit (23 September) and SDGs summit (24-25 September), EURACTIV gives you a glimpse into the goings on in New York and what is driving the conversation there. In this edition: A radical change of the food system, climate adaptation, dozing comm ...

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#127568
2021-03-05

UN: 17% food produced globally goes to waste

Nearly a billion tons of food were wasted around the world in 2019, the same year when 690 million people were impacted by hunger, according to a study that links food waste to global warming

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#127183
2021-02-18

UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK

Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says.

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#127191
2021-02-18

UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK

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#122966
2019-11-11

UNCCD COP 14 solidifies India’s commitment towards sustainable order

In order to protect the ecological balance of the world, it is of utmost importance to realize the importance of land and its well-being along with realizing the ill-impact of desertification and deforestation that result in the degradation and poor health of the lands paving way for a drought – ...

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#127267
2021-02-23

UNEA: China calls for global action to tackle environmental issues

In the face of global environmental problems, no single country can solve them alone, said Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu at the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA5) on Monday, calling for global action to resolve the issue.

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#127567
2021-03-05

UNEP says hunger elimination target in peril amid surging food waste

The quest to eradicate extreme hunger and malnutrition globally is in peril as 931 million tons, or 17 percent, of food available to consumers go to waste, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) has said in a new report.

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#127261
2021-02-22

UNEP says policy shift key to tackle global environmental challenges

The UN Environment Program (UNEP) on Monday called for a policy shift to boost action on global environmental challenges. Inger Andersen, executive director of UNEP said that despite making achievements through multilateral environmental agreements, the situation is still worsening

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#127189
2021-02-18

UNEP synthesis of scientific assessments provides blueprint to secure humanity's future

The world can transform its relationship with nature and tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution crises together to secure a sustainable future and prevent future pandemics, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) that offers a comprehensive blueprint for addressi ...

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#129796
2021-07-29

UNESCO awards Gabon's Ivindo park World Heritage status

Gabon's Ivindo National Park was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Wednesday in recognition of the nation's success in defending biodiversity and challenging climate change.

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#132274
2021-12-22

Understanding the Glasgow Climate Pact of COP 26

While COP 26 has come and gone, and the world leaders have since returned to their duty posts, the key question Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) and other civil society organisations that attended COP 26 are asking is if the Nigerian government and other governments of the world will be able to m ...

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#6231

United Nations Day

24 October 2022, New York, United States of America

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#6302

United Nations Day

24 October 2023, New York, United States of America

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#6463

United Nations Day

24 October 2024, New York, United States of America

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#5632

United Nations Day 2017

24 October 2017, New York, United States of America

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#5798

United Nations Day 2018

24 October 2018, New York, United States of America

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#5865

United Nations Day 2019

24 October 2019, New York, United States of America

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#5986

United Nations Day 2020

24 October 2020, New York, United States of America

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#6084

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

12 September 2021, New York, United States of America

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#6297

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

12 September 2023, New York, United States of America

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#5849

United Nations' World Health Day 2019

7 April 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

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#132597
2022-01-18

Volcanic ash delays aid to Tonga as scale of damage emerges

Thick ash on an airport runway was delaying aid deliveries to the Pacific island nation of Tonga, where significant damage was being reported days after a huge undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami.

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#132174
2021-12-15

Watch: India votes against UNSC draft resolution to 'securitise' climate action

India on Monday voted against a draft resolution of the United Nations Security Council that attempted to "securitise" climate action and undermine the hard-won consensual agreements in Glasgow.

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#5488

West Africa Regional Workshop of the UN-Water Initiative “Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies”

4 - 7 May 2015, Accra, Ghana

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#130434
2021-09-15

Wish I had magic wand to complete UNSC reform: President of 76th UNGA session Shahid

United Nations: President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid has said he wished he had a magic wand to complete the Security Council reform and expressed hope that the UN members will take this process seriously as he began his presidency of hope of the 193-nation body.

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#127010
2021-02-11

Women and Girls in Science: How the IAEA has Contributed to the Development of Scientists over the Years

Science is a collaborative field that benefits from diverse perspectives and experience. And yet, a persistent gender gap exists: Women account for less than 30 per cent of the world’s scientists and researchers. Women are underrepresented in many scientific and research disciplines, and the nuc ...