UN health agency launches bid to stop a new global pandemic

“Arboviruses” might not be something most of us are familiar with, but for almost four billion people, they’re a deadly threat – which is why the UN health agency on Thursday, launched a plan to prevent them from causing a new pandemic.

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

17 Jun 2022

Sweltering conditions in Europe have come earlier than expected this year but the bad news is, they’re the shape of things to come.

Helping young enterprise take off will bring sustainable returns, say UN economists

02 Jul 2020

Young entrepreneurs who want their work to have a positive impact on their communities, urgently need more help from governments if they’re to succeed and resist the COVID-19-fuelled economic downturn, UN economists said on Thursday.

After the storm: what an environmental tragedy can teach us about climate resilience and ecosystem restoration

12 Aug 2022

A tiny Caribbean Island known as 'the flower of the ocean' was decimated by Hurricane Iota in 2020. Although the loss of human life was minimal, the impact on precious ecosystems deeply changed the perspective of its inhabitants. Two years later, they’re still working to restore their environmental treasures and preparing for whatever curveballs climate change might throw at them next.