Education financing is imperative for “peaceful, prosperous, stable societies’ – UN chief

Education systems around the world need “more, not less money” the UN chief told journalists on Saturday during a joint press stakeout on the Transforming Education Summit and the International Finance Facility for Education.

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World has ‘gambled on fossil fuels and lost’, warns Guterres

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The current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite amount of resources, such as fossil fuels, will only deliver a “permanent triple whammy of inflation, climate chaos and conflict”, the UN chief warned on Friday.

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‘Surprise’ early heatwave in Europe, harbinger of things to come

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Urgent support needed for 14,000 who fled following Burkina Faso massacre

17 Jun 2022

In Burkina Faso, UN humanitarians on Friday appealed to the international community for help, after attacks by armed groups forced thousands to flee their homes in the east of the country.