Araku Valley, Andra Pradesh, India: “We’re finally reaping the results of our labour”
Zero-budget natural farming is a form of agricultural system redesign being practised at scale in India, particularly in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Children on precipice of existential threat from lack of climate action
Climate change and ecological degradation are threatening the health and future of children in every country, and every country in the world is failing to shield children from these threats.
‘We can’t stop COVID-19 without protecting health workers’: WHO chief
A shortage of protective equipment is endangering health workers worldwide, warned the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday, citing “severe and mounting disruption to the global supply” caused by “rising demand, panic buying, hoarding and misuse”.
DR Congo: With Ebola on the wane, UN agencies prepare to combat coronavirus
After more than a year of battling an Ebola virus outbreak that killed more than 2,200 people, UN officials are “cautiously optimistic” that the epidemic in the northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will soon be history as the country gears up to face the emerging threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
World Wildlife Day: UN chief urges ‘more caring’ relationship with nature
People everywhere need to remember that we depend on Mother Earth to survive, the UN chief said in his message for World Wildlife Day marked on Tuesday, advocating for “a more caring, thoughtful and sustainable relationship with nature”.
Coronavirus outbreak highlights need to address threats to ecosystems and wildlife
Diseases passed from animals to humans are on the rise, as the world continues to see unprecedented destruction of wild habitats by human activity.
The road to the strategy on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030 is expected to be a global call to action, drawing together political support, scientific research and financial muscle to massively scale up restoration.
How climate change is making record-breaking floods the new normal
A series of recent storms in the United Kingdom has led to severe flooding.
Warmer months ahead for many parts of the planet: UN weather agency
Many parts of the world can expect above average temperatures in the coming months even without the presence of an El Niño event to drive warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.
COVID-19: ‘Top priority’ must be on containment, insists WHO’s Tedros
Containing the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic should still be everyone’s “top priority”, UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.