Declaration by the EU and its Member States in support of...
The EU reaffirms its steadfast commitment to and fundamental interests in an effective, renewed and strengthened multilateralism, rooted in international law and the universal...
Sea-level rise: hundreds of millions threatened worldwide
Sea-level rise is no longer a distant threat but an unfolding global crisis, with profound impacts on coastal communities, economies, and infrastructure, according to...
Climate, terrorism, and hunger: Mozambique’s triple crisis
Climate, terrorism and hunger: Mozambique's triple crisis
Three cyclones in 2025. Children forcibly recruited or abducted by armed groups. Only 40 per cent of those...
Zimbabwe: little global attention to a humanitarian emergency
While global attention is often focused on conflicts and humanitarian emergencies elsewhere, Zimbabwe is facing a severe but underreported crisis that has left millions...
Humanitarian work more dangerous than ever
A macabre record in 2025: 350 humanitarian workers have been killed around the world, including 186 in Gaza and 71 in Sudan. Most of...
North Korea: 40% of the population is undernourished
Almost 11 million people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, known more commonly as North Korea, are undernourished, or more than 40% of...
Desertification: World leaders gather in Mongolia to restore land and build...
Land restoration, drought resilience and the future of the world’s rangelands will be high on the agenda as countries from around the world meet...
UN warns of growing risks facing children and youth in digital...
Children and youth often bear the brunt of risks in today's information ecosystem and will be most directly affected by the technologies reshaping them,...
UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Critical Minerals – Selected Online Resources
Looking for information on "Critical Minerals"? Then check out this new backgrounder.
Western Europe records hottest June on record
June 2026 was the hottest June ever recorded in Western Europe and the second warmest globally, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)....
UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter – August 2026
monthly issue of the UNRIC Info Point & Library Newsletter featuring new UN websites, publications and information products --- Topic of the month: Wildfires
Sand to Sahara: Why even desert countries are importing sand
The first time Icelandic entrepreneur Ómar Antonsson visited the United States right after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks twenty-five years ago he was...
Progress through participation: a spotlight on Irish SDG Champions
The Sustainable Development Goals are both a global blueprint and a call to action for communities all over the world to protect people and...
SDGs: real progress, but unprecedented obstacles
With four years to go until the 2030 deadline, where do we stand with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015?
Countries had set...
40 years of climate warnings: we can’t say we didn’t know
Heatwaves, forest fires, floods… and suddenly climate change is back on the front pages. However, the world often gives the impression it is only...