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Global education must integrate AI, centred on humanity
Marking the International Day of Education, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized learning as a basic human right and foundation for…
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2025 agenda: ‘We must not let opportunities pass,’ says UN Assembly President
The President of the UN General Assembly Philémon Yang presented a detailed vision of his 2025 priorities for the world…
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Spirit of resilience braces desertification winds in Saudi Arabia
A low tech and sustainable solution to holding back advancing desert sands in eastern Saudi Arabia could help farming communities…
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Underinvestment threatens universal health coverage goals
Coinciding with Universal Health Coverage Day on Thursday the World Health Organization (WHO) released its 2024 Global Health Expenditure Report,…
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Private sector urged to act as world faces $23 trillion loss from land degradation
The private sector has been urged to make the sustainable management of land a key part of corporate and financial…
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Meet the ‘Land Heroes’ who are fighting desertification
From planting a billion trees in Zimbabwe, in southern Africa, to exporting products from the moringa tree in Mali and…
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Global financial reform addresses challenges facing developing nations: UN deputy chief
Decisive action is needed to address the financial challenges facing developing nations, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Tuesday…
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The ‘slow onset, silent killer’: Droughts explained
Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a “slow onset, silent killer” to which no country is immune,…
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Three billion people globally impacted by land degradation
Three billion people around the world are suffering the impact of poor and degraded land which will “increase levels of…
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What’s desertification? Experts hopeful devastating trend can be reversed
An area the size of Egypt, around 100 million hectares, of healthy and productive land is being degraded each year…
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