EU presents statement of intent as UN chief presses for climate...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva convened a Special High-Level Event on Climate Action on 24 September 2025,...
“Keeping The Promise” by 2030: The UN General Assembly’s SDG Moment
With only five years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, the UN spoke with one voice on 22 September in...
Better Together: World Leaders Address the 80th United Nations General Assembly
World leaders are gathering in New York for the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), where heads of state and government are addressing the...
Recognition of Palestine: a long history
On 21 September, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that the United Kingdom had formally recognised the State of Palestine. On the same...
UN General Assembly: 8 moments in history
World leaders are gathering at the UN Headquarters in New York for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Together, they seek...
Guterres ahead of the general debate: “International cooperation is vital”
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a stark appeal to world leaders ahead of the UN General Assembly’s High-Level Week, warning that a...
UNRWA continues its work in Gaza despite a ban and the...
660,000 children in the Gaza Strip are not going to school this autumn like most children in the world. Although UNRWA, the UN Palestine...
Humanitarian aid: the most vulnerable already severely impacted by budget cuts
Drastic cuts in foreign aid are becoming increasingly common among major donors in Europe and the United States, with a direct impact on the...
Billions Still Lack Access to Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Warns...
Despite notable progress over the past decade, billions of people worldwide continue to lack access to essential water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, exposing...
World Water Week: water as life’s connector
Marine biologist Emily Cunningham MBE has witnessed first-hand the devastating impact of climate change on our planet’s marine ecosystems. With World Water Week 2025...
Famine declared for the first time in Gaza
The UN confirmed on Friday that famine is underway in the Gaza Governorate and is expected to spread to Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younès...
Climate: tropicalisation of the North Sea
Did you know that marine ecosystems provide vital functions, such as producing oxygen and storing excess heat and CO₂? Climate change is increasingly affecting...
Human rights: which book is a must-read?
Which novel about human rights would you recommend? It could be on women's rights, children's rights, decolonisation, freedom of expression, dystopia, reconciliation after conflict......
The planet – and humans – suffocated by plastic
We swim in it, walk on it, ingest it, and even suspect that we breathe it: plastic is suffocating the planet and living beings....
Baby Friendly: UNICEF’s programme to increase UK breastfeeding rates
The United Kingdom has some of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world, with eight out of ten women stopping breastfeeding before they...