
Most nations failed to meet WHO fine particle pollution standards
Ambient fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 is considered the world’s leading environmental health risk factor.
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Ambient fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 is considered the world’s leading environmental health risk factor.
By far the largest share of the $236 billion a year in illegal profits comes from forced commercial sexual exploitation.
WMO reports 2023 smashed climate records at previously unimaginable levels, bringing 'misery and mayhem.'
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.
IPU's chief Martin Chungong says its statistics show that 'women bear the brunt of the hate in the political space.'
Simon Stiell, who heads U.N. climate efforts, envisions winding down his agency into merely a 'data repository.'
IMF forecasts a strengthening global economy as inflation cools, but warns of the threat of wars and other disruptions.
The symbolic clock will remain set at the closest point to the symbolic hour of apocalpyse it has ever been since 1947.
Conflict, climate, environmental degradation and uneven development are major factors in the $7.9 billion appeal.
The World Meteorological Organization said the world hit the record books, up 1.45° C. from pre-industrial times.
FAO's Food Price Index tracks five commodity groups. Experts say food distribution is a worry even if supplies are plentiful.
Global economic growth is projected to slow to 2.4% this year, down from 2.7% in 2023 and 3% before the pandemic began.
The U.N.'s global humanitarian appeal for itself and 1,900 partners in 2024 already assumes 40% in unmet needs.
Emissions must decrease 42% by 2030 to keep the 1.5° target alive. Instead, they're expected to rise 3% by then.
Heat-trapping greenhouse gases keep collecting in the atmosphere at a record rate, the U.N. weather agency found.
Government plans would blow past limits needed to limit warming to 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.