The Doomsday Clock is now at 100 seconds to midnight
The world is closer to annihilation than it has ever been according to the Doomsday Clock, which was updated today.
That’s 20 metaphorical seconds closer...
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would save billions from dangerously hot climate
Current climate policies will leave more than a fifth of humanity exposed to dangerously hot temperatures by 2100, new research suggests.
Despite the Paris Agreement pledge to keep...
Malaria and dengue predicted to affect billions more people if global warming continues uncurbed
An estimated 8.4 billion people could be at risk from malaria and dengue by the end of the century if emissions keep rising at...
‘Silent emergency’: Premature births claim a million lives yearly
A “silent emergency” that is claiming one million tiny lives born premature each year requires concerted action to swiftly improve children’s health and survival,...
Ukraine-Civilians evacuated from Mariupol steel plant as U.S. Congress speaker visits Kyiv
Reports this morning from the besieged Ukrainian City of Mariupol suggest that some civilians are being evacuated from the steel plant where they have...
Violence against elderly has risen during COVID, UN expert warns
With “entrenched ageist attitudes” already undermining the autonomy of elder persons in making their own choices and decisions, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into...
Russia launches massive missile attack across Ukraine
Russia has unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early this Thursday morning, targeting energy infrastructure facilities in the first attack on...
“We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.”...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt they face a stark choice: work together...
Latest Ukraine crisis as Russian missiles hit close to Lviv and Polish border
Russian forces pressed their assault on Ukrainian cities Friday, with new missile strikes and shelling on the edges of the capital Kyiv and the...
Record 50.8 million people displaced inside own countries by conflict, violence and disasters
The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) around the world has reached an all-time high, according to a new report from the Internal Displacement...