Almost a quarter of the world faces human-induced drought, and 85% of those live in low- or middle-income countries.
New data on desertification from the past two years shows nearly a quarter of the world population are stricken by human-induced droughts.
The report from the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification on Friday said drought has touched 1.84 billion people, and 4.7% face severe or extreme conditions that put their lives and livelihoods on the line.
IUGS rejected declaring that we live in a new epoch defined by far-reaching human impacts on the planet since the 1950s.
Proposed by the U.S. and co-sponsored by China and more than 120 other nations, its passage represented a moment of international cooperation through science diplomacy.
A top U.N. official cites strong concerns about mental privacy, which is 'a line that we should not cross at all' as AI develops.
The Open Quantum Institute began a three-year pilot phase hosted by the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
Fourteen cases remain under investigation by U.N. investigators, who have met with authorities in Israel.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
