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"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.

"UN report warns AI could soon use 3% of world's electricity and more water than we need to drink"
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UN report warns AI could soon use 3% of world's electricity and more water than we need to drink
One argument often used to quell concerns about the rising energy and resource demand of data centers is that artificial intelligence (AI) models will need less in the future as they improve and become more efficient.

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…

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The #UnitedNations General Assembly adopted a draft resolution [1] calling "on all UN Member States to take all possible steps to avoid causing significant damage to the #climate and #environment

"UN report flags disproportionate costs of clean energy transition"
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UN report flags disproportionate costs of clean energy transition
A new report published by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) warns that wealthy nations’ push toward cleaner energy comes with high environmental and social costs in mineral-producing countries. The investigation links the extraction of transition minerals used in green energy technologies like solar panels and rechargeable batteries to acute […]

"Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns"
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"Global sand demand is outpacing nature’s ability to replenish it, UN says"
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Global sand demand is outpacing nature's ability to replenish it, UN says
The global sand mining industry removes around 50 billion metric tons of material each year, outpacing the rate at which sand replenishes.

"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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