AI safety, accountability and human oversight among topics to be discussed – Press Release Geneva, Switzerland, 6 July 2026 – The United Nations today kicked ...

Note: The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) highlights in a press release that half-way through 2026, just 30 per cent of required aid funding has been ...

Note: Ripple effects from the Middle East conflict force developing countries to burn fiscal space on fossil fuel subsidies, wiping out investment in health, education ...

Caracas/New York, 27 June 2026 – The earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June caused significant human suffering and loss of life, while also severely ...

Note: New SDSN report calls for stronger governance and implementation as the world enters the final stretch of the 2030 Agenda Paris, France, 23 June ...

Note: A study of 133 AI systems found that 44 per cent demonstrated gender bias and 26 per cent demonstrated both gender and racial bias. Yet only ...

Note: The Norwegian Refugee Council leads the Shelter Cluster in Palestine and coordinates humanitarian shelter actors responding to emergency shelter needs in Gaza and the ...

Note: A UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) says that parties to armed conflicts were responsible in 2025 for the deaths of thousands ...

Oslo, 9 June 2026 – The number of armed conflicts fought directly between states doubled in 2025, reaching the highest level recorded in over 80 ...

Rome, Italy, 5 June 2026 – Three months after warning that the escalating Middle East crisis could push millions more people into hunger, new analysis ...

Artificial intelligence is driving a surge in land, water and climate consequences cascading from the technology’s intense and fast-rising energy consumption.  UN University calls for urgent, ...

Warm ocean waters are fueling the development of El Niño – El Niño typically increases global temperatures and drives more extreme weather and rainfall patterns – Advanced ...