Rome –Disasters have inflicted an estimated $3.26 trillion in agricultural losses worldwide over the past 33 years – an average of $99 billion annually, roughly 4 percent of global agricultural GDP – according toa new reportby the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
20 November 2025 —Extreme heat poses multiple risks for agrifood systems – damaging crops, stressing livestock and depleting fisheries – and threatens the livelihoods of an estimated 1.23 billion people.
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There is an urgent need for science-informed solutions to strengthen resilience and sustainability, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization and WMO on “Extreme Heat and Agriculture.”
(Jerusalem) – The Israeligovernment’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on 20 November 2025.
(UN News)* — General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock warned on Thursday [] that repeated deadlock in the Security Council has become the “poster child” for wider global gridlock, undermining trust in multilateral institutions.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe | General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock chairs a meeting on the report of the International Criminal Court.
The UN was founded to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war,” Ms. Baerbock said, but the world body is struggling to meet that mandate when the Council isblocked by a veto from one of its five permanent members: China, France, Russia, the UK and the US).
(UN News)* — Living conditions for Gazans – particularly children – are still dire as temperatures drop and families return to bombed-out homes as the fragile ceasefire holds, UN aid workers said on Wednesday [].
Children’s Fund, UNICEF, highlighted the case of six-year-old twins Yahya and Nabeela who were critically injured by an unexploded remnant of war in the north of the wartorn enclave.
They are receiving mental health support from the agency and tarpaulins to protect them from the cold.
When the United Nations Environment Assembly convenes in December, a key topic up for discussion will be the mounting environmental impact of artificial intelligence. Ahead of those talks, here’s a look back a story first published on 21 September 2024.
17 November 2025 — Methane might only stay in the atmosphere for a short time, but its impact is powerful—and cutting it is one of the quickest ways to slow global warming.
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The United Nations Environment Programme’s An Eye on Methane: From measurement to momentumreport shows how credible, real-world data is reshaping what governments and companies can do right now.
Meanwhile, the EU rolls back and weakens its sustainability and green rules
17 November 2025 — New Oxfam, Fair Finance International and 11.11.11. report exposes how Europe’s banks and investors are blindly investing in mining companies linked to land grabs, pollution and human rights violations.
MANILA, 13 November 2025 – More than 1.7 million children are impacted by Super Typhoon Fung-wong, which made landfall in the Philippines on 9th November.
UNICEF/UNI896456/PiojoChildren stay in Reserva Elementary School in Baler, Aurora, as the province braced for the impact of Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) on November 9, 2025.
The severe storm has wreaked havoc to children’s homes, schools, and access to health services across 16 regions in the archipelago that is already exhausted by multiple climate-related and geophysical shocks this year.
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