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UN climate expert urges criminalization of fossil fuel disinformation to protect...
The report presents the human rights argument for decisive political action to reduce the devastating impacts of the climate crisis.
‘Starvation by design’: Over 55,000 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces...
Palestinians seeking food at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites are being killed and injured in rising numbers, as Israel enforces a siege that aid experts and survivors say is deliberately fueling chaos, displacement, and starvation.
‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital...
Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.
Reduction in construction could cut emissions worldwide, UN reports
Because the sector depends on materials like steel and cement, which contribute to construction waste, it highlights the need for greater ambition in six areas, including renewable energy, building financing and energy codes.
Israel’s assault kills 174 children in Gaza in one of the...
With at least 174 children killed in a single day, Israel’s renewed bombing campaign in Gaza marks one of the most devastating assaults in the region’s history, violating ceasefire agreements and worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis.
Naked hypocrisy: The US once cited UNSC resolutions to invade Iraq,...
Washington’s hypocrisy on this matter is legendary and stunning.
Life below water—the UN calls for action on ocean protection
Ahead of World Oceans Day 2021 and the second UN Ocean Conference next year, UN officials stressed the need for ‘clear, transformative and actionable’ solutions to the ocean crisis.
UN report finds world leaders fall short of meeting Paris Agreement...
They have so far continued to make choices that push them further away from targets they agreed upon five years ago to protect the climate and their citizens.
The rightful owners of a key island military base for the...
The Chagos Archipelago belongs to the country of Mauritius; it’s not a bargaining chip for the American empire.