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Water crisis in Europe: How bad is it and what can be done?

30% of the EU population has been impacted by strained water supplies in recent years. With the situation only set to get worse, what does this mean for Europe and how can it manage the situation?

Green News

What is the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit and what can we expect?

This ‘critical political milestone’ hopes to demonstrate a global will for more ambitious climate action.

Green News

EU to push for deal on 'phasing-out' fossil fuels at COP28

A proposal to phase out CO2-emitting fossil fuels at COP27 last won backing from more than 80 countries but oil and gas-rich nations opposed it.

Climate

July set to be hottest month ever recorded, say climate experts

"The age of global warming is over, it's time for the age of global boiling," warns the United Nations Secretary General.

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Sudan

Sudan: 600,000 people have received aid from WFP, UN spokesperson says

The conflict has pushed the East African country to the brink of collapse, with urban areas in Khartoum and the adjacent city of Omdurman disintegrating into battlegrounds.

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WATCH: Myanmar residents hunt for water as UN asks junta for access

Residents of Myanmar's cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state capital queued for rice and drinking water on Wednesday as the United Nations negotiated with the internationally isolated junta for access to hard-hit areas.

Europe News

China votes for UN resolution with reference to Russia's 'aggression'

The resolution is not centred on the Ukraine war and instead calls for greater cooperation between the UN and the Council of Europe.

Europe News

Brussels and Warsaw team up to bring back deported Ukrainian children

Some 16,200 Ukrainian children are believed to have been deported with only 300 returned so far, according o the Commission.

Switzerland

UN and France vow to help Pakistan's recovery from deadly floods

The catastrophe, which experts linked to climate change, killed more than 1,700 people and displaced some eight million others.

USA

Bleak picture of world as UN asks for more aid money than ever

The United Nations has asked for a record amount of money to cope with looming climate-change-induced famines in Africa and the devastating Ukraine war.

Green News

Coca-Cola is named world’s worst plastic polluter for a fifth year

The COP27 sponsor's products were the most commonly found items by volunteers researching plastic pollution.

Ocean Calls

Can we protect our high seas?

In partnership with The European Commission

In this Ocean Calls episode, we discuss a deal that’s been on the United Nations’ table for over 20 years on how to protect the high seas.

Green News

COP27: UN sets out ‘how to guide’ on net zero pledges

UN chief António Guterres said there were many issues with net zero pledges and "loopholes wide enough to drive a truck through".

Nature

What is ecocide and how would it be prosecuted?

Ecocide is ‘killing’ the earth, campaigners warn. That’s why we need to make it an international crime.

Europe News

UN tracking Ukraine's cultural damage with satellite imagery

Since the beginning of Russia's invasion on February 24, damage to 207 cultural sites in Ukraine has been verified.

Green News

Denmark becomes first to pledge funding for climate ‘loss and damage’

The government said it was ‘grossly unfair’ that those least responsible for climate change were forced to foot the bill for the consequences. Will other countries now do the same?

USA

A winter of global discontent is on the horizon, says UN chief

Antonio Guterres was not pulling any punches when he opened the first in-person meeting of the UN's General Assembly in three years.

Climate

Ozone layer passes ‘significant milestone’ on road to recovery

This is the year scientists predict the hole in the ozone layer will close.

Europe News

EU countries must avoid 'backtracking' on climate goals, UN says

The United Nations' acting human rights chief urged European Union member states not to backtrack on their climate goals in the face of an energy crisis.

Ukraine

Halt to military activities around Zaporizhzhia is vital, says expert

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said "we're playing with fire" as he presented his report on conditions at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.