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After the storm: what an environmental tragedy can teach us about climate resilience and ecosystem restoration
UN News/Laura Quiñones - McBean Lagoon National Natural Park is located in Providencia, an eight-square-mile Colombian island off that country's northern coast.

Environment

After the storm: what an environmental tragedy can teach us about climate resilience and ecosystem restoration

A tiny Caribbean Island known as 'the flower of the ocean' was decimated by Hurricane Iota in 2020. Two years after the storm, they’re still working to restore their environmental…

17 August 2022 · 29 min read

Vessel to collect first humanitarian wheat shipment under Ukraine grain deal
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Europe

Vessel to collect first humanitarian wheat shipment under Ukraine grain deal

This will be the first shipment of humanitarian food assistance under the Black Sea Grain Initiative signed last month by Ukraine, Russia and Türkiye. 

13 August 2022 · 3 min read

‘Very alarming’ conditions at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,  IAEA chief warns
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International

‘Very alarming’ conditions at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,  IAEA chief warns

The situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has deteriorated rapidly to the point of becoming “very alarming,” Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi…

12 August 2022 · 3 min read

UN chief’s Youth Day message: People of all ages need to ‘join forces’ for a better world
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News

UN chief’s Youth Day message: People of all ages need to ‘join forces’ for a better world

International Youth Day celebrates “the power of partnerships across generations,” the UN chief said in his message for the day.

12 August 2022 · 3 min read

Children affected by conflict cannot wait for their education
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Children affected by conflict cannot wait for their education

From Ethiopia to Chad and Palestine, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN’s fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, is helping millions of boys and girls affected by conflict…

11 August 2022 · 4 min read

Indigenous women’s work to preserve traditional knowledge celebrated on International Day
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Indigenous women’s work to preserve traditional knowledge celebrated on International Day

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for amplifying the voices of Indigenous women, which is critical to achieving a just future for all people.  

9 August 2022 · 4 min read

Somalia: ‘We cannot wait for famine to be declared; we must act now’
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Africa

Somalia: ‘We cannot wait for famine to be declared; we must act now’

Rising acute food insecurity in Somalia has caused more than 900,000 people to flee their homes in search of humanitarian assistance since January last year, the Food and Agriculture Organization…

5 August 2022 · 3 min read

Major fall in global food prices for July, but future supply worries remain
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News

Major fall in global food prices for July, but future supply worries remain

Food prices dropped significantly in July, marking the fifth consecutive monthly decline since hitting record highs earlier in the year in the wake of the war in Ukraine, the Food…

5 August 2022 · 4 min read

Unprecedented global challenges are ‘not insurmountable’ – UN chief
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Unprecedented global challenges are ‘not insurmountable’ – UN chief

Nearly a year ago, the UN chief released his report, Our Common Agenda (OCA), a blueprint for global cooperation moving forward, and reinvigorated multilateralism. On Thursday, he updated the General…

4 August 2022 · 5 min read