INTERVIEW: Developing countries risk missing out on net-zero benefits, but fairer future is possible

adminMay 21, 2024September 20, 2024010 mins

The lead author of the World Economic Situations and Prospects mid-year update, the flagship report from DESA released on 16 May, outlines the main findings in an interview with UN News. Hamid Rashid Inflation has come down significantly from the 2022 peak, but not to the extent that central banks can say that they have won the…

COP28: The UN’s net-zero food plan to save the 1.5-degree goal, combat climate ‘doomisim’

adminDecember 10, 2023September 17, 202409 mins

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has identified 10 priority areas – such as livestock, soil and water, crops, diets and fisheries – where following the roadmap can help push the world closer to achieving ‘Zero Hunger’, the second of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The aim: to transform agrifood systems – which…