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Despite Geopolitical Headwinds and Slow Progress, Global Commitment to the SDGs Holds Strong
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 ...
READ MORE → AI is already rewriting reality for billions of people. It is getting women wrong
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 ...
READ MORE → Gaza: Israel’s shelter restrictions force nearly a million people to endure summer heat in tents
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 ...
READ MORE → UN: Record Number of Children as Conflict Victims in 2025, With Government Forces as the Leading Perpetrator for the First Time
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 ...
READ MORE → PRIO report finds interstate conflicts at highest level since World War II
Oslo, 9 June 2026 – The number of armed conflicts fought directly between states doubled in 2025, reaching the highest level recorded in over 80 ...
READ MORE → WFP warning becomes a reality for millions as Middle East crisis pushes poorest families further into hunger
Rome, Italy, 5 June 2026 – Three months after warning that the escalating Middle East crisis could push millions more people into hunger, new analysis ...
READ MORE → Beyond AI’s Surging Energy Use: UN Details Escalating Water, Land, and CO2 Emission Consequences
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, ...
READ MORE → WMO: Prepare for hotter than normal temperatures across nearly all parts of the globe
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 ...
READ MORE → Iran: War has devastated life for millions of refugees and displaced
Note: The press release below from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) details the terrible toll on Iranian civilians and Afghan refugees in Iran, resulting from ...
READ MORE → World leaders support strengthening the UN to end wars, admit some countries have disregarded international law
New York, 26 May 2026 – Government officials attending a debate in the United Nations Security Council, which is responsible for the world’s peace and ...
READ MORE → States Reaffirm Importance of Nonproliferation Treaty, But U.S.-Iran Dispute Blocks Consensus Outcome
Note: A United Nations conference spent four weeks to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. But the conference ended ...
READ MORE → Developing economies bear the brunt of Middle East conflict as growth slows and inflation rises, UN warns
Note: Higher energy costs, weaker trade, and tighter financial conditions weigh on an already subdued global outlook. Following is a press release from the UN ...
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