Global IssuesNews headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 51
New UNICEF report reveals severe child food poverty amid world crises
- UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a new report on Thursday that highlights alarming levels of child food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises.
World leaders demand ‘surge in action’ for sustainable development
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres convened Heads of State and Government in New York on Wednesday to advance efforts to get countries back on course to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline.
There is an exit off ‘the highway to climate hell’, Guterres insists
- UN News
“It’s climate crunch time” when it comes to tackling rising carbon emissions the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday, stressing that while the need for global action is unprecedented, so too are the opportunities for prosperity and sustainable development.
UPDATING LIVE: Guterres issues hard-hitting call for climate action
- UN News
Welcome to our live coverage of one of the most important speeches on climate change that António Guterres has made since becoming Secretary-General. We're reporting live from the event in Manhattan, providing all the background information you need on the speech itself - and reaction to it inside the hall and around the world.
Europe Can Reap Sizable Energy Security Rewards by Scaling Up Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 05 (IPS) - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered Europe’s worst energy crisis since the 1970s and put energy security back at the top of the policy agenda.
Policymakers reacted swiftly by securing alternative natural gas supplies, improving energy efficiency, and expanding renewables.
Explainer: How India’s Political Parties Neglect Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 04 (IPS) - As India's 968.8 million voters were gripped by election fever, the worst-ever heat wave held the country in its clutches.
Bringing Drought and Floods, El Niño Hits the Most Fragile in Southern Africa
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 04 (IPS) - Kaponde Likando does not know how his family will survive until the next farming season. “We are not going to have anything (to harvest),” said the 60-year-old from Chingobe village in southern Zambia after his maize, sorghum, groundnut and sweet potato crops failed. “This has been the very opposite of what we expected.”
Biodiversity Meetings in Nairobi End, All Eyes Are Now on COP16
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 03 (IPS) - Regions struggling to revise and update their National Biodiversity Plans aligning them with the Global Biodiversity Framework adopted at COP15, will now be given the technical and scientific support to develop and submit their plans on time.
Commonwealth Secretary-General Calls for Concrete Finance Commitments for Small Island Developing States
- Inter Press Service
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, Jun 03 (IPS) - Commonwealth Secretary-General Baroness Patricia Scotland is calling for concrete commitments to climate finance that will acknowledge the multi-dimensional vulnerability faced by the world’s small island developing states (SIDS).
World News in Brief: Aid breakthrough for Haiti, police violence in Chicago, celebrating ‘pedal power’
- UN News
UN humanitarians said on Monday that they have finally been able to deliver truckloads of food to highly vulnerable people in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, after gang violence prevented access for more than two months.
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