Life

Rehabilitating drylands key to global food security, according to new UN report

Photo:Dryland areas in the west of China cover about 40 per cent of the country’s total land area

Tough action on pneumonia and diarrhoea can save more than one million lives annually – UNICEF

Photo:In Ghana, a community health worker weighs babies before administering vaccines.

Sugar, dairy and staple grains push food price index up by 0.7 per cent in October – UN

Photo:Armenian cheese on sale at the market in Yerevan, the capital and largest city in the count

Despite progress, hundreds of children still die of measles every day – UN-backed report

Photo:A boy who fled a village south of Mosul, Iraq, receives a measles vaccination from a UNICEF

All countries should see air pollution in Delhi as ‘wake-up call’ – UNICEF

Photo:In Lagos, Nigeria, workers at a sawmill in Ebute-Metta district walk by burning garbage and

UNICEF sounds alarm over safety of children in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Photo:Children having a meal at a school in Hakha city, Myanmar.

MARRAKECH: New initiatives on forest protection give boost to climate action agenda

Photo:Forest loss contributes to 1/6 of annual greenhouse gas emissions.

MARRAKECH: UN conference spotlights water, the ‘first victim’ of climate change, as part of the solution

Photo:Collecting clean water in Badnoogo village, Burkina Faso.

Small farmers can earn big returns by investing in climate adaptation, new UN report finds

Photo:Small-scale family farmers and rural communities are highly vulnerable to extreme weather e

New direct funding available for low- and middle-income countries to regulate tobacco – UN

8 November 2016