Flagship UN report extolls win-win water partnerships to avert global crisis

Flagship UN report extolls win-win water partnerships to avert global crisis

Launched ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference, the new edition of the UN World Water Development Report focuses on twin themes of partnerships and cooperation. Published by the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the report highlights collaborative ways actors can work together to overcome common challenges. “There is an urgent need to…

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A liveable future for all is possible, if we take urgent climate action: flagship UN report

A liveable future for all is possible, if we take urgent climate action: flagship UN report

The study, “Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report”, released on Monday following a week-long IPCC session in Interlaken, brings into sharp focus the losses and damages experienced now, and expected to continue into the future, which are hitting the most vulnerable people and ecosystems especially hard. Temperatures have already risen to 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial…

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Embrace green tech revolution or risk falling behind, new UN report warns

Embrace green tech revolution or risk falling behind, new UN report warns

“We are at the beginning of a technological revolution based on green technologies,” UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan said. “This new wave of technological change will have a formidable impact on the global economy.” The 17 frontier technologies covered in UNCTAD’s Technology and Innovation Report 2023 have the potential to create market revenues of more than…

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Think local, says new FAO report, pointing towards ‘hunger-free and healthy’ Europe, Central Asia

Think local, says new FAO report, pointing towards ‘hunger-free and healthy’ Europe, Central Asia

The Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia 2022 report is a joint effort by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Agricultural Development fund, IFAD; the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF); the UN Development Programme (UNDP); the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); the World Food Programme (WFP); the World Health…

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A pinch (less) of salt can save lives, WHO says in new report

A pinch (less) of salt can save lives, WHO says in new report

“Unhealthy diets are a leading cause of death and disease globally, and excessive sodium intake is one of the main culprits,” the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared. A first-of-its-kind WHO global report on sodium intake reduction shows that the world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium intake…

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Indian media is involved in anti-Pakistan propaganda through fake sources, revealed in the report

Indian media is involved in anti-Pakistan propaganda through fake sources, revealed in the report

Anti-Pakistan narrative is spread through fake media: Photo: ANI Social Media Brussels: The disgusting role of the Indian media, which runs fake news against Pakistan through fake sources, has been exposed again. According to the new report of ‘EU Disinfo Lab’, a research organization working on fake news in the European Union, which has been…

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