Ugandan Disability Rights Mental Health Advocate Honored
(New York) – Benon Kabale, a Ugandan disability rights advocate, is the 2024 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership...
UNAIDS appoints artist Funke Akindele as National Goodwill Ambassador for Nigeria
ABUJA, NIGERIA, 3 December 2024 — The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Funke Akindele, a...
‘The People Always Pay’: Report Details How LNG Tax Breaks Harm...
How do local communities lose out when governments invest in fossil fuel facilities instead of community needs? That's the question at the heart of...
Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Beaten in Cameroon
On November 27, gendarmes in Cameroon arrested and severely beat prominent human rights lawyer Richard Tamfu in the country’s largest city, Douala. The vicious...
Better drugs through AI? Insitro CEO on what machine learning can...
WASHINGTON -- Artificial intelligence is changing the way companies do business — helping programmers write code and fielding customer service calls with chatbots.But the...
Make President Biden’s Only Trip to Africa Count
United States President Joe Biden is embarking on a two-day visit to Angola, his only Africa trip as president. His visit is highly anticipated...
Small Island States Urge International Court to Look Beyond Climate Treaties
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What Does The Ceasefire in Lebanon Entail For Gaza?
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A group of...
‘Monumental Victory for the Ocean’: Norway Halts Plans for Deep-Sea Mining
Environmental organizations cheered as Norway's controversial plans to move forward with deep-sea mining in the vulnerable Arctic Ocean were iced on Sunday.
The pause was...
‘Frontlines of a Crisis We Did Not Create’: Low-Lying Nations Make...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) heard arguments Monday in the largest climate case ever brought before it as a coalition of low-lying and...
Resilience amid crisis: strengthening the HIV response for displaced communities in...
Ethiopia faces a triple crisis of conflict, climate change, and displacement that impedes the capacity to provide essential health and other humanitarian assistance to...
Confronting the Global Crisis of Land Degradation
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The 16th session of the...
Who are the Ultimate Winners in the World’s Ongoing Military Conflicts?
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Global celebrities unite behind UNAIDS’ call for world leaders to “take...
GENEVA, 1 December 2024 — This World AIDS Day (1 December), sixteen global celebrities, including Hollywood film star Luke Evans and singer-songwriter Sia of...
Academy Award-winning actress and philanthropist Charlize Theron hands over her Instagram...
GENEVA, 28 November 2024 — A 21-year-old South African HIV activist, Ibanomonde Ngema, will take over the global Instagram account of Academy Award-winner and...
The Biggest Delegation at Plastic Treaty Talks? Plastic Industry Lobbyists
At the fifth and final session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to finalize a global plastics treaty in Busan, South Korea, one...
The COP29 is over, and so is the spotlight on Azerbaijan
Image by Arzu Geybullayeva.The 29th session of the United Nation's flagship climate summit, also known as COP (Conference of Parties), just wrapped up in...
Drought in Somalia is forcing thousands of climate refugees to Kenya’s...
A screenshot of an old woman at the Dadaab Refugee Camp from the documentary Radio Dadaab by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), used with...
UNAIDS report shows that upholding human rights is vital for ending...
GENEVA, 26 November 2024— Ahead of World AIDS Day (1 December), a new report by UNAIDS shows that the world can meet the agreed...
Critics Call COP29 Climate Finance Draft ‘Slap in the Face’ by...
With the United Nations' annual climate summit scheduled to end Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan, green groups denounced the latest
draft finance deal, which would...
PrEP for her: Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines...
The only HIV prevention that Elena Felix knew of was condoms. But condoms were not something that she was able to make use of,...
‘Unacceptable’: Campaigners Decry Climate Finance Failures as COP29 Enters Final Hours
As the clock winds down at the UN climate summit taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, green groups are sounding the alarm Thursday following the...
Nearly 300 Green Groups Urge Biden to Block LNG Expansion Ahead...
As the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan draws to a close and the second presidency of Donald Trump approaches, nearly 300...
Climate emergency risks worsening AIDS epidemic, UN warns at COP29
Countries facing “triple funding crisis” of insufficient climate finance, insufficient HIV funding, and crippling debtGENEVA/BAKU, 21 November 2024—The climate crisis could disrupt HIV services...
Big Oil Tax Could Boost Global Loss and Damage Fund by...
A modest tax on the world's seven largest oil and gas companies could generate hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the...
Campaigners Demand ‘Biden Make a Final Stand’ for Climate Before Trump...
With the clock winding down on President Joe Biden's tenure and the dark cloud of Republican President-elect Donald Trump's imminent administration looming, activists rallied...
At COP29, Democrat Senators Vow to ‘Rise Up’ for Climate During...
A pair of Democratic U.S. senators pledged Saturday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to keep fighting for climate action during Republican President-elect...
Thousands March in London to Demand End of Fossil Fuels and...
Thousands of climate justice advocates took to the streets of London on Saturday to demand the U.K. government "end its reliance on fossil fuels,...
Grocer’s $440bn is Africa’s biggest IPO of 2024
Grocery chain Boxer has launched its share offer, aiming to raise between ZAR 8.0 billion ($440 million) and ZAR 8.5 bn ($467m). Although it...
‘We Need a Shift’: Climate Leaders Demand End of COP Dominated...
The crushing influence of petrostates and fossil fuel industry lobbyists has rendered the annual United Nations climate conference unfit to deliver the kinds of...
Trump Picks Big Oil Ally and Drilling Enthusiast Doug Burgum for...
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has chosen billionaire North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a close ally of the fossil fuel industry and...
As Planet Heads Toward 2.7°C Rise, Tracker Warns Global Climate Action...
Existing policies and actions taken by world governments put the world on track for a median estimate of 2.7°C of warming by the end...
Newly Unearthed Docs Show Big Oil Knew of Climate Dangers as...
Documents uncovered from several academic and news archives shed light on what one climate disinformation expert on Tuesday called "one of the earliest and...
Critics Warn Trump EPA Pick Zeldin ‘Will Make Our Air and...
As U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet
continued to take shape on Tuesday, climate and environmental campaigners expressed deep concerns about his pick to lead...
UN Climate Chief Warns Inaction on Emissions Will Deliver ‘Inflation on...
As he addressed world leaders at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday, U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell made the...
‘We Don’t Give Up’: Climate Groups Resolute as Shell Wins Appeal...
Climate campaigners didn't sugarcoat their reactions to a Dutch court decision on Tuesday that overturned a landmark 2021 ruling ordering the oil behemoth Shell...
As Biden Adviser Speaks at COP29, Green Groups Say Act Before...
As the U.S. senior adviser to the president for international climate policy addressed the United Nations summit in Azerbaijan on Monday, green groups urged...
Climate Campaigners Demand COP29 Free of ‘False’ Finance Solutions
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference has been called the "climate finance" conference, with participants expected to establish a new annual target for...
Advocates Urge Biden to ‘Secure His Climate Legacy’ by Acting on...
With just 75 days left before climate-denying Republican President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House to pursue his "Drill, Baby, Drill" energy agenda,...
Greta Thunberg Won’t Attend UN Climate Talks in ‘Yet Another Authoritarian...
When national delegates and civil society representatives gather in Baku, Azerbaijan next week for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, one prominent climate voice...
‘Unacceptable,’ Advocates Say as COP16 Ends Without Biodiversity Fund Deal
Officials at the international biodiversity conference that began in October were forced on Saturday to suspend talks without reaching an agreement on a key...
UNAIDS appoints the artist OUM as National Goodwill Ambassador in Morocco
MHAMID AL GHIZLANE, 2 November 2024 — The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is pleased to announce the appointment of renowned Moroccan...
G20 commits to fighting the inequalities driving AIDS and other pandemics....
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, 1 November 2024 — Ministers at the G20 Ministerial in Rio De Janeiro have made new commitments to tackle AIDS...
‘The Window Is Closing’: Fears Grow That World Leaders Will Fail...
As a major international biodiversity summit approaches its Friday conclusion, environmental advocates fear that world leaders will not make the conservation and financial commitments...
Empowering youth to lead Togo’s HIV response
In Togo, youth and adolescents living with HIV are stepping forward to lead the response against the AIDS epidemic. Through resilience, determination, and a...
Options derivatives trading coming to Nairobi Securities Exchange
A big step forward for Kenya’s derivatives market NEXT, a part of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), as it moves to introduce options derivatives...
Report Details Record-Breaking Health Threats of Climate Crisis, Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Over $1 trillion spent each year on subsidizing fossil fuel production must be redirected to public health efforts, said the experts behind a new...
Ghana’s OTC market aims to help smaller companies raise “patient capital”
The Ghana Stock Exchange has launched an official regulated over-the-counter (OTC) market where shareholders can trade in equities and other securities that are not...
140 Groups Urge Biodiversity Summit Attendees to Halt New Oil and...
With just a few more days of the United Nations biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, 140 organizations collectively
called on government representatives to pursue...
‘Frightening’: Over 1 in 3 of World’s Tree Species Face Extinction
More than one-third of Earth's tree species are at risk of extinction, with logging, forest destruction for agriculture and urban development, and human-caused global...
Experts back G20 action to tackle pandemics by addressing the inequalities...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, 29 October 2024—Today, at a special event organized for the G20 Joint Finance and Health Ministerial, the Brazilian government and...
Billionaires Spew More CO2 Pollution in 90 Minutes Than Average Person...
With the world
on track for 3.1°C of warming this century, Oxfam International on Monday blamed global billionaires who—with their superyachts, private jets, and...
Climate Groups Warn Third-Party Vote ‘Could Hand Our Planet’s Future Over...
A coalition of leading U.S. environmental groups warned Thursday that a third-party vote in next month's election could help usher in climate disaster by...
‘We’re Playing With Fire’: World on Track for ‘Catastrophic’ 3.1°C of...
The world's nations must commit to dramatically slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the near future or risk a "catastrophic" rise in global average temperatures,...
COP29 Host’s State Oil Company ‘Aggressively’ Ramping Up Fossil Fuel Production:...
In less than a month, Azerbaijan will host the United Nations' 29th Climate Change Conference, or COP29. But a new report on its state...
World Bank Leads Development Giants in Investing $2.27 Billion in Factory...
The Green Climate Fund and 11 of the 15 multilateral development banks together invested at least $2.27 billion in factory farming in 2023, undercutting...
UNAIDS calls for global solidarity to strengthen Madagascar’s HIV response to...
GENEVA, 21 October 2024—The Executive Director of UNAIDS Winnie Byanyima is calling for accelerated global solidarity to strengthen Madagascar’s response to HIV, including preventing new...
‘Terrifying’: Leak Shows Industry Plot to Worsen Methane Emissions—If Trump Wins
A key oil and gas industry group has devised a plan to dismantle Biden-era climate regulations, including on methane emissions, according to an investigation...
‘The Law Is Clear’: NY Officials Back Memo Outlining Criminal Charges...
Several New York City and state elected officials endorsed a memo published Thursday outlining how New York City prosecutors could charge major fossil fuel...
‘Sigh of Relief’ as Supreme Court Gives EPA Another Temporary Win
The climate movement on Wednesday welcomed a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, the third temporary win for the Biden administration's environmental policies this...
IEA Report Underscores Urgency of Fossil Fuel Phaseout as Electricity Demand...
The International Energy Agency on Wednesday released a major report showing that the world's nations are not on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
‘Stop Funding Environmental Racism’: Groups Demand Banks Divest From Petrochemicals
Environmental and policy groups on Tuesday called for financial institutions to stop funding the U.S. petrochemical industry.
Break Free from Plastic, Friends of the Earth,...
10 XR Protesters Blockade UK Site to Stop ‘Blatantly Unlawful Oil...
Ten Extinction Rebellion protesters blockaded an English oil and gas field on Monday in support of a landmark U.K. Supreme Court ruling that was...
Climate Crisis Made Hurricane Milton ‘Wetter, Windier, and More Destructive’
With rescue and cleanup efforts underway in Florida following back-to-back disasters wrought by hurricanes Helene and Milton, scientists on Friday released an analysis highlighting...
Green Groups Blast ‘Reckless, Unscientific’ EU Carbon Capture Plans
As attendees gathered in the south of France Thursday for the start of a European Union-hosted summit on carbon capture and storage, an international...
‘The Fabric of Nature Is Unraveling,’ Warns New Report on Wildlife...
Monitored populations of the world's vertebrate animals declined on average by 73% between 1970 and 2020, according to a major report released Wednesday by...
Climate Advocates Demand Hurricane Town Hall With Harris and Trump
As families mourned the deaths of hundreds of people from Hurricane Helene and Floridians began to take stock of the damage done by Hurricane...
Study Warns of ‘Irreversible Impacts’ From Overshooting 1.5°C, Even Temporarily
Just over a month away from the next United Nations climate summit, a study out Wednesday warns that heating the planet beyond a key...
‘Laggards’: Top 6 Wall Street Banks Failing on Net-Zero Climate Pledges
Sierra Club on Wednesday issued a report showing that the United States' six largest banks lag behind in efforts to meet 2030 and 2050...
‘Big Oil’s Reckless Conduct’ Caused Milton—And Now They Should Pay, Say...
As Hurricane Milton's 145 mile-per-hour winds began closing in on Southwest Florida on Wednesday and people crowded into makeshift shelters across the state, climate...
US Supreme Court Seeks Biden Admin Opinion on Climate Suits Against...
In yet another recent
display of what's at stake in this year's U.S. presidential race, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday requested that the...
On Heels of Helene, Milton Explodes Into Category 5 Hurricane
"This is not normal," said climate advocates Monday as they expressed the same shock as weather experts who were reporting on the rapid strengthening...