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Climate·18 January 2023

UN's Guterres: oil companies have peddled 'big lie' on climate crisis – video

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, accused big oil companies of peddling 'the big lie', calling for them to be held accountable. 'Today fossil fuel producers and their…

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·16 January 2023

OXFAM: Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together

The richest 1 percent grabbed nearly two-thirds of all new wealth worth $42 trillion created since 2020, almost twice as much money as the bottom 99 percent of the world’s population, reveals a new Oxfam report today. During the past…

ON Network · 8 min read

Climate·16 January 2023

Global Leaders and Climate Activists Gather in Snowless Davos Ahead of World Economic Forum 2023

On Sunday, more than a hundred climate activists gathered in Davos, Switzerland to protest against the role of big oil firms at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and demand concrete and real climate action.

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·14 January 2023

The 2023 SDG Summit – the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of the General Assembly

The 2023 SDG Summit will be convened on 19-20 September 2023, during the United Nations General Assembly high-level week. Heads of State and Government will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to follow-up and review the…

ON Network · 1 min read

Arts & Culture·13 January 2023

Kamala Ibrahim Ishag: States of Oneness

Kamala Ibrahim Ishag, Blues for the Martyrs, 2022. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Mohamed Noureldin Abdallah Ahmed. © Kamala Ibrahim Ishag.

ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·13 January 2023

Our Future Agenda - The Big Brainstorm

The theme of the 2023 Big Brainstorm is “A Year of Action for the SDGs.” The upcoming second SDG Summit is an opportunity to accelerate action to solve the world’s most urgent problems, with young people at the forefront of change.

ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·11 January 2023

2023: Five Areas to Target Through Resolve, Determination, and Hope

As expected, 2022 was a significant year for governing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other global environmental frameworks. Negotiations delivered a set of four biodiversity goals to be achieved by 2050 and 23…

ON Network · 6 min read

Climate·11 January 2023

Ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming by 0.5°C

NAIROBI, 9 January 2023 – The ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, with the global phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals already benefitting efforts to mitigate climate change. This is the conclusion of a UN-backed panel…

ON Network · 4 min read

Climate Crisis·9 January 2023

Data reveals impacts of climate emergency on displacement

A man walks through a flooded street in Tela, Hondu

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Charities·9 January 2023

EU extends humanitarian support for refugees in Turkey

The European Commission has extended two humanitarian flagship programmes in Turkey until early 2022. These programmes help over 1.8 million refugees meet their basic needs and will help over 700,000 children to continue their education.

ON Network · 1 min read

Health·9 January 2023

WHO Proposes High-Level Global Council to Guide Future Health Emergencies

A high-level council to govern global health emergencies, made up of heads of state and other international leaders, is one of the proposals to be discussed by the World Health Organization (WHO) this year.

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·9 January 2023

UNEARTHED - GREENPEACE

Founded in 2012 as Energydesk, we started out as a small team of journalists dedicated to open and accurate reporting on energy and climate change. As Unearthed, we cover the environment more broadly, from forests and oceans to bees and…

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Climate·5 January 2023

UN Foundation: Climate Issues to watch in 2023

Four years of consecutive droughts have left families in southern Madagascar helpless and unable to feed themselves. Access to water remains difficult for the region of Androy. Photo: Safidy Andrianantenaina

ON Network · 15 min read

Humanitarian·4 January 2023

UN rights chief on Myanmar refugees and a future of ‘kindness, empathy and unity’

Days after the latest sea rescue of Rohingya refugees by Indonesian fishing crews, UN human rights chief Volker Türk appealed for greater regional protections.

ON Network · 3 min read

Economics·4 January 2023

Global Forum for Food and Agriculture 2023

By Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Germany 04 January 2023

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Climate·4 January 2023

Trends driving humanitarian crises in 2023 (and what to do about them)

The impacts of colonial powers and policies. Soaring public debt. A rise in gender-based violence. Record hunger, yet again. Here are some of the issues likely to drive humanitarian needs over the next year – and some ideas on what…

ON Network · 26 min read

Arts & Culture·3 January 2023

German Artist Julian Rosefeldt’s New Film Weaves 2,000 Years’ Worth of Cultural History Into a Commentary on Capitalist Greed

Currently on view at Park Avenue Armory, the work is a 24-channel installation that also features the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·22 December 2022

UN Secretary-General to Convene “Climate Ambition Summit” in 2023

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced he will convene a Climate Ambition Summit in September 2023, to generate “new, tangible and credible climate action” to “accelerate action at the mid-way point” of the SDGs. Going forward, he…

ON Network · 2 min read

Stories, our curated cornerstones, embedded here, for now, for the long-term

UN&#x27;s Guterres: oil companies have peddled &#x27;big lie&#x27; on climate crisis – video

OXFAM: Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together

Global Leaders and Climate Activists Gather in Snowless Davos Ahead of World Economic Forum 2023

The 2023 SDG Summit – the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the auspices of the General Assembly

Kamala Ibrahim Ishag: States of Oneness

Our Future Agenda - The Big Brainstorm

2023: Five Areas to Target Through Resolve, Determination, and Hope

Ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming by 0.5°C

Data reveals impacts of climate emergency on displacement

EU extends humanitarian support for refugees in Turkey

WHO Proposes High-Level Global Council to Guide Future Health Emergencies

UNEARTHED - GREENPEACE

UN Foundation: Climate Issues to watch in 2023

UN rights chief on Myanmar refugees and a future of ‘kindness, empathy and unity’

Global Forum for Food and Agriculture 2023

Trends driving humanitarian crises in 2023 (and what to do about them)

German Artist Julian Rosefeldt’s New Film Weaves 2,000 Years’ Worth of Cultural History Into a Commentary on Capitalist Greed

UN Secretary-General to Convene “Climate Ambition Summit” in 2023

UN's Guterres: oil companies have peddled 'big lie' on climate crisis – video