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"UN data shows 6.5 million people at risk of severe hunger from drought"
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UN data shows 6.5 million people at risk of severe hunger from drought
Nearly 6.5 million people in Somalia are facing severe hunger as worsening drought, conflict and global aid cuts intensify the country's humanitarian crisis, the federal government and U.N. agencies said Tuesday.

Detail on voting for the #UnitedNations #Resolution UN A/80/L.48: “Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialised Chattel Enslavement,” recognising the Transatlantic #slave trade as amongst our…

"Much of the World Facing ‘Water Bankruptcy,’ U.N. Report Warns"
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Much of the World Facing 'Water Bankruptcy,' U.N. Report Warns

I was surprised to learn that famously neutral #Switzerland 🇨🇭 has been a member of the Council of Europe 🇪🇺 (which is *not* the same as either of the European Council 🇪🇺 and the Council of the European Union 🇪🇺) since 1963. For reference, Switzerland joined the #UnitedNations in 2002.

"Fossil fuels ‘ripping away national security’ but renewables ‘turn the tables’, says UN executive"
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Fossil fuels are ‘ripping away national security’ says UN exec
‘Sunlight doesn’t depend on vulnerable shipping straits,’ says UNFCCC’s Simon Stiell.

"Investing in planetary health could unlock $20 trillion a year by 2070, says UN report"
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"Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty"
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Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty - Carbon Brief
The US, which has announced plans to withdraw from the global climate treaty is more historically responsible for climate change than any other country

"‘Choose people and planet over pain’: UN chief highlights climate impact of war in New Year’s call"
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Military spending keeps rising. Will it soon cost us the planet?
World leaders have been told to get their ‘priorities straight’ and invest in development, not destruction, as we enter 2026.

"World’s Freshwater Fish in Crisis, U.N. Report Warns"
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"Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN"
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Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN
The amount of heat trapped by Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming feared to last for thousands of years, the UN warned Monday.

"Women and girls bearing brunt of water shortages globally, UN warns"
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"Trump’s move to pull US from key UN climate treaty may be illegal, experts say"
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"Critics decry Trump pulling US out of UN climate treaty as 'a new low'"
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‘A new low’: Trump pulls US out of foundational UN climate treaty
Experts say withdrawing from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a "strategic blunder" for the US.

"Warming El Nino may return later this year: UN"
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Warming El Nino may return later this year: UN
The warming El Niño weather phenomenon could return later this year as its cooling opposite La Niña fades away, the United Nations said Tuesday.

"Analysis: Half of nations meet UN deadline for nature-loss reporting"
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Analysis: Half of nations meet UN deadline for nature-loss reporting - Carbon Brief
Half of nations have met a UN deadline to report on how they are tackling nature loss within their borders, Carbon Brief analysis shows.

"Michael Bloomberg steps up to fund UN climate body after U.S. withdrawal"
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Michael Bloomberg steps up to fund UN climate body after U.S. withdrawal | The Optimist Daily
As federal support wanes, Bloomberg Philanthropies helps bridge the funding gap for global climate efforts.