World lost equivalent of 255 million jobs in 2020: UN
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a huge toll on global jobs, with a new study by the United Nations estimating that the equivalent of 255 million jobs were lost last year
EU sanctions violators of UN Libya arms embargo
The EU has been making a lot of effort to help resolve the Libyan conflict and hence EU foreign ministers have agreed on sanctioning three companies who violated the UN embargo on arms flowing into Libya.
World lost 100 million hectares of forest in two decades: UN
The world has lost nearly 100 million hectares of forests in two decades, marking a steady decline though at a slower pace than before, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization
Global employment crisis deepening, equivalent of 400 million jobs lost: UN
The coronavirus crisis has taken a much heavier economic toll than previously feared, with the UN warnng that the equivalent of 400 million jobs have been lost during the pandemic
EU report laments lack of progress on gender equality, climate goals
The "United Nations Sustainable Development Goals" is a global initiative to help the world achieve more sustainability and equality. Accordingly, Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, has evaluated and examined the European Union's performance towards implementing and achieving these goals.
9 in 10 of all people hold bias against women
Nearly 90 percent of the world's population holds some prejudice against women, according to a UN study published ahead of International Women's Day
Paris promises: where the world’s biggest polluters stand
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has convened a major climate summit on September 23 because the world's main polluters remain well behind their 2015 Paris Agreement goals
Can we eat meat and still tame global warming?
Do we need to change our diet to save the planet? The UN warns climate change is threatening the world's food supply, even as the way we produce food fuels global warming
Land and climate: problems, solutions inextricably linked
The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change has delivered the most comprehensive scientific overview yet of the links between the land we live off and global warming
‘We are all climate skeptics’: how to cope with global warming – Q&A
As the world's nations met in Poland to hammer out a climate rescue plan, philosopher Clive Hamilton talked to AFP about the challenge of coping with the threat of global warming.
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