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Hopes for a sustainable planet must not ‘melt away’: Guterres

UN Secretary-General António Guterres was briefing reporters in New York after seeing for himself over the weekend the “profoundly shocking” speed at which ice is melting in Antarctica – three times faster than the rate in the early 1990s. New figures reveal that sea ice at the South Pole is now 1.5 million square kilometres…

Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’

The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) official Patron of the Oceans, Mr. Pugh explained that he’d undertaken the marathon swim ending at the tip of Manhattan, to emphasise the urgent need to protect the world’s waterways ahead of the UN’s landmark High Seas Treaty and Climate Ambition Summit next week. Sporting his UNEP swim cap, Mr. Pugh…

Taking the pulse of the planet as the world gathers at the UN

Streets around UN HQ in Midtown Manhattan will be cordoned off, roadblocks erected, and security heightened and tightened, as world leaders gather to take the pulse of the planet during a week of high-level events and come together to tackle global challenges. The 78th session of UNGA begins on 6 September and will be followed by…

As record warming puts climate targets at risk, young people’s ‘green skills’ may help save the planet

International Youth Day is marked annually on 12 August and the 2023 edition spotlights green skills and the major role young people will play in driving the much-needed shift towards an environmentally sustainable and climate-friendly mindset. These include technical knowledge and skills that enable the effective use of green technologies and processes in occupational settings,…

First Person: Why indigenous peoples can help save the planet

“For indigenous peoples, the land, the forest, water, is life. We depend on the natural environment, and we care for our surroundings. Managing natural resources is a strong part of our way of life. For example, the way we use rotational farming, avoiding monocultures by planting several different many different types of crops on our…

Athletes score for people and the planet on International Day of Sport

The annual commemoration, now in its 10th year, highlights the positive role sport plays in communities and lives across the globe. Elite and amateur athletes of all ages joined industry experts, diplomats and UN officials for the event – the first to be held in-person since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year,…

Marburg virus outbreaks highlight link between health and planet: Tedros

Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that in Equatorial Guinea, WHO is on the ground supporting the outbreak response. “We have deployed teams to assist with case finding, clinical care, logistics, and community engagement. We have also helped to establish treatment units in the affected areas,” he said.  The number of officially reported…

Healthy forests, healthy planet, healthy humans

Covering 31 per cent of Earth’s land and providing a home to 80 per cent of all land-based species, forests are crucial to human health and well-being, but their loss across the planet is threatening people everywhere. Here are five things you need to know about the age-old and ever-growing interlinked relationship between forests and…