The demand for water to support agricultural development in conflict-plagued Afghanistan often results in high-stakes water-right disputes, according to a new United Nations report release today, which underscores the need... read more →
Alongside the daily barrage of rockets and gunfire facing the Arab region is a more insidious but perhaps no less important foe – climate change. Climate change and conflict both... read more →
At its twenty-seventh session (September 2014), the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 27/31 (A/HRC/RES/27/31) on civil society space, in which it requested the High Commissioner to “prepare a compilation of... read more →
Poverty is both a cause and consequence of marginalization and social exclusion, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, stressing that to fulfill the promise of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind,... read more →
The rapid transformation of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, such as adopting climate-smart practices, particularly to curb greenhouse gas emissions, is critical for hunger and... read more →
To mark World Food Day 2016, the United Nations is highlighting the close links between climate change, sustainable agriculture, and food and nutrition security, with the message: “The climate is... read more →
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have welcomed the landmark deal struck yesterday by nearly 200 countries to reduce the emissions of potent chemicals used in air... read more →
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a new report with the alarming statistic that five out of six children worldwide under two years old are not receiving adequate... read more →
As the groundwork for the new development agenda and its complicated lexicon, takes shape in every sector and part of the globe, companies are sharing their own roadmap for acting... read more →
UNESCO today voted on a draft resolution which denies any Jewish connection to Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Buraq (Western) Wall in occupied Jerusalem. The proposal, submitted by Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon,... read more →