United Nations: Third committee approves the UN declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas
News / 26th November 2018The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the UN General Assembly voted in favour of the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas.
Civil society demands action on biodiversity loss
News / 26th November 2018The world is facing a biodiversity crisis, and leaders and delegates of the Convention on Biological Diversity must take real action to halt the devastation of global ecosystems. Friends of the Earth International, together with other members of the CBD Alliance, delivered this urgent call for action at the opening of the 14th Conference of the Parties in Egypt.
Half the world lives in poverty on under $5.50 a day: report
News / 30th October 2018Half the world’s population lives on less than $5.50 a day despite significant progress in reducing extreme poverty, a new report from the World Bank said Wednesday.
Famine in Yemen could become one of worst in living memory, UN says
News / 25th October 2018Yemen is sliding fast toward what could become one of the worst famines in living memory, the UN’s top emergency relief official has warned.
'Unprecedented' changes to world economy and society required to avoid climate chaos, UN report warns
News / 8th October 2018Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is “unprecedented in scale”, the United Nations has warned.