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COP29: Digital tech and AI can boost climate action, but curbing the sector’s emissions is key

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home COP29: Digital tech and AI can boost climate action, but curbing the sector’s emissions is key 16 November 2024 © Unsplash/Steve Johnson Privacy is a crucial part to processing personal data by AI. Leaders 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…

Jeddah conference closes with adoption of global pledges to tackle antimicrobial resistance

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Jeddah conference closes with adoption of global pledges to tackle antimicrobial resistance 16 November 2024 Ministry of Health/Saudi Arabia Wide view of the 4th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The 4th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) wrapped up on Saturday with the adoption of the…

Colombian conflict survivors turn forest heroes in search of climate change solutions

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Colombian conflict survivors turn forest heroes in search of climate change solutions 16 November 2024 © FAO/Felipe Rodríguez FAO and the Green Climate Fund are working to curb deforestation and combat climate change in Colombia. "What do I want the river to carry away? The deforestation," Sandra Donado says, her voice competing with the sudden storm lashing her canoe as it floats down the…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 15 November 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, and the spokespersons of the World Health Organization and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Humanitarian situation in UkraineMatthias Schmale,…

1,000 days into Ukraine war, winter poses critical challenge to aid effort

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home 1,000 days into Ukraine war, winter poses critical challenge to aid effort 15 November 2024 © OCHA in Ukraine UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Matthias Schmale visits destroyed neighbourhoods in the city of Dnipro. In the nearly 1,000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, thousands of civilians have been killed, the country’s energy capacity is on the brink of collapse…

COP29: Governments, industry must stop ‘lip-service’ on methane and slash emissions, says UNEP

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home COP29: Governments, industry must stop ‘lip-service’ on methane and slash emissions, says UNEP 15 November 2024 © UNEP/Duncan Moore There are hundreds of landfill dumpsites spread across Kenya with the largest being Dandora dumpsite in Nairobi. The UN environment agency chief warned the COP29 climate summit in Baku on Friday that methane emissions must come down – “and come down fast” –to…

Middle East crisis: Live updates for 15 November

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East crisis: Live updates for 15 November 15 November 2024 近东救济工程处 数千个家庭在加沙中部汗尤尼斯受损和被毁的设施中避难，尽管面临越来越多的挑战，近东救济工程处仍继续在那里提供基本服务。 At 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…

Antimicrobial resistance crisis ‘happening now,’ WHO’s Tedros stresses at Jeddah summit

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Antimicrobial resistance crisis ‘happening now,’ WHO’s Tedros stresses at Jeddah summit 15 November 2024 Minsitry of Health/Saudi Arabia Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, delivers a speech at the opening of the AMR Conference in Saudi Arabia. The top UN health official gave a sobering reality check as the Fourth Global High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Antimicrobial…

Rights expert demands release of Russian doctor jailed for anti-war views

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert demands release of Russian doctor jailed for anti-war views 15 November 2024 © EU/Oleksandr Rakushnyak Residential buildings and infrastructure continues to be damaged during the ongoing war in Ukraine. A UN human rights expert on Friday strongly condemned the jailing of a 68-year-old paediatrician in Moscow, describing the case as another example of Russia’s “systematic…

Rights experts call for immediate end to post-election violence in Mozambique

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Rights experts call for immediate end to post-election violence in Mozambique 15 November 2024 Emidio Jozine Mozambique has been affected by weeks of post-electoral violence. UN 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…