Russia Recruiting Migrants From Finnish Border For War In Ukraine
Russia is trying to recruit foreign migrants, detained in a recent sweep at its border with Finland, for its war in Ukraine. The BBC has...
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In Good News For Adaptation, Donors Boost Support To LDCF And SCCF
In a sign of positive momentum for climate change financing, eight donor governments announced new commitments to the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)...
COP28: How Climate Change Crisis Gravely Affected Children In 2022
BY OJO SAMSON AYOMIDE More than 27 million children were driven into hunger and malnutrition by extreme weather events in countries heavily impacted by the...
United Nations Reveals How 89,000 Women And Girls Were Killed Intentionally In 2022
Nearly 89,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2022 across the globe, says a new research brief, Gender-Related Killings of Women and Girls (Femicide/Feminicide), from...
Global Leadership Awards: United Nations Foundation Honours Nigerian Amina Mohammed, Others In New York
BY ABIODUN ABIOLA ALABI The United Nations Foundation has honoured pathbreakers and unsung heroes who are charting a course toward a better world for all....
Third session of negotiations on an international plastics treaty advance in Nairobi
The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3), concluded today in Nairobi,...
Governments Advance Discussions On Multilateral Mechanism To Share Benefits From Use Of Digital Sequence Information On Genetic Resources
BY OJO SAMSON AYOMIDE Governments, in Geneva, Switzerland, advanced in their discussions on the development and operationalization of a multilateral mechanism, including a global fund, for...
Geneva: Central Role Of Traditional Knowledge In Protection And Sustainable Use Of Biodiversity Reaffirmed At UN Biodiversity Convention Meetings
A weeklong meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity affirmed the need for further enhancing the role and participation of indigenous peoples and local communities...
GEF CEO Carlos Rodríguez Named To Inaugural TIME100 Climate list
TIME named the Global Environment Facility CEO and Chairperson Carlos Manuel Rodríguez to the inaugural TIME100 Climate list, recognizing the 100 most innovative leaders driving business climate action....
Global Treaty On Plastic Pollution Begins In Nairobi
BY OJO SAMSON AYOMIDE The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3), opened today...