Charles Lokai Lonyamakan from the Youth Initiative for Land in Africa spoke communities around Lake Turkana are being pushed out.

Three days into the landmark COP29 conference, the co-chairs of the NCQG have arrived at a workable basis for discussion on a new climate finance goal.

BAKU, Nov 14 2024 (IPS) - Climate change and its impact on public health hasn’t made the top of the agenda even at a forum ...

The Maasa are among Kenya’s pastoralist communities, particularly vulnerable to trachoma. The dusty environment they inhabit ...

As the communities of Enga province in Papua New Guinea contend with the landslide that has devastated the residents of Yambani, the United Nations and its partners have been active on the ground ...

Gang violence has ravaged Haiti, causing thousands of civilian deaths, displacements, and violations of international ...

UNEP's Head of Impact Assessment and Adaptation, Henry Neufeldt, has called for increased climate adaptation funding, ...

Climate change continues to pose an existential threat to humanity. Recent science estimates that we may have less than six ...

On the day following the US election, UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres issued a brief statement commending the people ...

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 2024 (IPS) - On November 6, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the second round of polio vaccinations in the Gaza Strip has been completed. A total of 556,744 ...

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted in 1995 during the Fourth World Conference on Women, remains a cornerstone in the global pursuit of gender equality and women's empowerment.

The Arab region is among the most water-scarce regions, as nearly 392 million people live in countries facing water scarcity ...