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A father puts his hand on the window as he says goodbye to his daughter in front of an evacuation train at the central train station in Odessa on March 7, 2022.

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Ukraine war: A month-by-month timeline of the conflict

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A displaced girl carries a bottle of water she filled from nearby stranded flood-waters, as her family takes refuge in a camp, in Sehwan, Pakistan, September 30, 2022.

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Loss and damage: Nearly €8bn pledged for Pakistan flood recovery

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the decision made in Sharm el Sheikh in November must be implemented.

09/01/2023

Rescue workers help residents evacuate from a flooded area caused by heavy rains, in Lasbella, Pakistan, July 2022.

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View: Early warning systems can put an end to climate disasters

"Climate change driven extreme events are inevitable. Widespread death and destruction are not," says Mami Mizutori, head UNDRR.

09/01/2023

Composite image showing flags of Malta and Switzerland at United Nations

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Malta and Switzerland play an outsized role on the UN's biggest stage

The EU's smallest Member State, and Europe's most famously neutral nation, have just started their two year stint as members of the Security Council.

05/01/2023

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba talks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.

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Ukraine war: Kyiv wants UN-backed peace summit 'by end of February'

In a new interview, Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba said Russia would have to face a war crimes tribunal before joining any possible peace talks.

26/12/2022

The president of COP15, China's Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu, passes the Global Biodiversity Framework in Montreal, Canada, 19 December 2022.

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COP15: Cautious success or abject failure? The experts weigh in

COP15's ’unprecedented’ international deal to protect nature is hopeful but not without flaws.

20/12/2022

Lebanese soldiers stand behind a damaged UN peacekeeper vehicle at the scene.

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Irish UN peacekeeping soldier killed in 'serious incident' in Lebanon

Three others were injured in the incident near the village of Al-Aqbiya.

15/12/2022

Goma residents join in a protest called by the civil society against the United Nations peacekeeping force and fighting factions, Goma, Dec. 1, 2022.

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France condemns DR Congo massacre that left at least 131 dead

Local residents have said that M23 rebels forced them to dig mass graves to bury the victims.

08/12/2022

Workers set up the Montreal Convention Centre in preparation for the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal.

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View: COP15 is the time to ditch lip service and act on biodiversity

Craig Bennett and Clare Shine share why COP15 could be a defining moment for the protection of nature.

06/12/2022

The EU and the G7 have targeted about €300 billion of international reserves held by the Russian Central Bank.

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'Make Russia pay': EU moves ahead with confiscation of frozen assets

The proceeds from the confiscation will be used to finance the costly reconstruction of Ukraine.

30/11/2022

Dr Purnima Devi Barman set about trying to make the impact of people on the birds positive rather than negative.

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Indian biologist rallies 10,000 women to protect endangered storks

Wildlife biologist Dr Purnima Devi Barman has been made one of the UNEP's 2022 Champions of The Earth for her work.

29/11/2022

The world's population has hit 8 billion. What does this mean for climate change?

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Is overpopulation fuelling climate change? It’s not that simple

Climate change and population crowding might seem like two issues that are strongly linked - they are, but not quite as much as people might think.

15/11/2022

This false-colour satellite image of the Santa Lucia Range Mountains near Big Sur, California shows smoke vegetation and burned ground from a wildfire.

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UN to hunt sources of climate warming methane from space

There will be a public database of global methane leaks to encourage governments and companies to curb emissions.

11/11/2022

UN soldier in a MONUSCO armoured vehicle.

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Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo resumes

UN-backed soldiers are patrolling in Goma as they try to secure the largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

10/11/2022

A tropical cyclone hit Cuba this summer. The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) issued the first call for loss and damage action in 1991.

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Loss and damage is finally on the agenda at COP27. What now?

G77 and China debated into the early hours on Sunday morning, with loss and damage ending up on the COP27 agenda.

07/11/2022

Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks during the COP27 climate summit.

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COP27: We're on a 'highway to climate hell', says UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said humanity has a choice to either cooperate of perish.

07/11/2022

Villagers with their belongings cross a flooded area on a boat, in Dadu, a district of southern Sindh province, Pakistan, Sept. 23, 2022.

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COP27: New UN early warning system could save billions and many lives

The systems will allow people, particularly in the Global South, to prepare for hazardous climate-related disasters.

07/11/2022

People pose for a photograph at the entrance of the COP27 UN Climate Summit, 6 November 2022

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COP27: UN climate talks kick off in Egypt amid major world crises

The summit in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh takes place in a difficult year marked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, food and energy shortages, soaring inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic.

06/11/2022

N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland last year.

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World leaders must bring us back on track at COP27, UN chief warns

António Guterres urged global leaders at the upcoming climate summit in Egypt to put the world back on track to cut emissions.

04/11/2022

Pregnant women are struggling to get care after Pakistan’s unprecedented flooding, which inundated a third of the country at its height and drove millions from their homes.

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As fatal floodwaters recede, Pakistan is facing €40 billion in damages

The UN has revised its appeal for aid five-fold, as new assessments show an urgent need for long-term help into next year.

19/10/2022

Somalia faces famine

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Famine in East Africa to cause one death every 36 seconds, Oxfam warns

Aid organizations and the UN are calling for urgent famine relief in East Africa as the people of Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia confront their worst drought in 40 years.

15/10/2022