Gaza: ‘The population is literally besieged’, UNRWA Deputy chief

PNP DeskMarch 13, 2024September 19, 202408 mins

Ms. Boucly spoke to Khaled Mohamed from UN News as news emerged of fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, and an UNRWA report that more children have been killed there in recent months than in four years of conflict worldwide. On Wednesday, the agency reported that at least one of its staffers had been killed and a…

Fossil fuel producers ‘literally doubling down’, new UNEP report warns

PNP DeskNovember 8, 2023September 17, 202405 mins

“The 2023 Production Gap report is a startling indictment of runaway climate carelessness,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message accompanying the landmark report. This hike in fuel extraction comes despite 151 national governments having pledged to achieve net-zero emissions. The latest forecasts suggest that global coal, oil, and gas demand will peak this decade, even without…