The World Bank points to the inability of infrastructure and financing to keep pace, particularly in lower-income nations.
WASHINGTON (AN) – Rapid population growth, urbanization, rising incomes and consumption are driving a surge in municipal solid waste that is overwhelming local systems and budgets, the World Bank reports.
When waste is poorly managed, the consequences are far-reaching: environmental pollution intensifies, greenhouse gas emissions rise and valuable natural resources are lost, threatening public health, economic development and urban livability.
A global treaty added new safeguards for migratory species, showing the limits of conservation built around countries.
New dataset aims to align national policies along shared migration routes as biodiversity pressures mount.
More than 150 governments approve science-policy report showing that current incentives drive biodiversity loss.
Procedural vote resets leadership of stalled negotiations as global pressure builds for more substantive progress.
Even the best case scenario is a growth downgrade as war wages in the Middle East and energy supplies are constricted.
U.N. Women says its 'gender alert' highlights the surge in sexual violence that is a defining feature of the war.
E.U.'s foreign policy chief warned of a 'new world' being shaped by 'coercive power politics' as global rules erode.
The US. demands quick commitments to secure the Strait of Hormuz as the president lashes out at alliance members.
