What started with a ‘salty’ cup of tea ended with one couple losing their home to climate-change-induced rising sea levels.

As the elderly population grows in both size and proportion, their impact on government policies, programs, and expenditures will increase ...

The United Nations Refugee Agency faces devastating cuts that may eliminate 5,000 to 6,000 jobs, with potentially ...

As the sun rises over coastal Gopalpur, Odisha, in eastern India, dozens of children prepare for school. Unfortunately, for ...

Sudan’s diverse crops and agricultural heritage are at risk of being lost. The ongoing conflict in Sudan is claiming lives and threatening livelihoods and food security. In the chaos of conflict, ...

Women rights advocates who gathered at UN Headquarters for the world’s biggest meeting (10 -21 March) on gender equality have ...

Governments and donors must ensure funding is sustained to fight tuberculosis, as recent US pullback on foreign aid has devastating effects on operations.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday launched a new initiative aimed at giving education the highest political priority in the global agenda and ensuring progress towards the U.N.’s Millennium ...

African wetlands are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the continent, covering more than 131 million hectares, according to the Senegalese-based Wetlands International Africa (WIA).

Many glaciers will not survive the 21st century, according to reports by the United Nations, with 2022-24 being the largest three-year loss of glacier mass.

If global tuberculosis funding isn't restored, years of progress could be lost, mortality rates may rise and tuberculosis ...