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We Risk Living in an 'Empty World' If Assault on Nature Not Stopped, Warns UN Biodiversity Chief

The future of global biodiversity is bleak without immediate action.

'Global Precedent' Set as UN Rules Climate Refugees Cannot Be Sent Back to Life-Threatening Conditions

Julia Conley, staff writer

Advocates praised the ruling as an "excellent step forward in refugee rights."

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UN Researcher Hails ICC's Pursuit of War Crimes Probe in Palestine as 'Momentous Step' for Accountability

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

People run through tear gas

"Accountability has, until now, been largely missing in action" during Israel's...

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UN Expert Calls Detention of Chelsea Manning 'Open-Ended, Progressively Severe, Coercive Measure Amounting to Torture'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

whistleblower Chelsea Manning

In a letter to the U.S. government, the special rapporteur on torture called...

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'Antithesis of Justice': Five Saudi Kill Squad Members Sentenced to Death for Khashoggi Murder While Crown Prince Untouched

Greta Thunberg

'People Are Underestimating the Force of Angry Kids': Greta Thunberg Returns to Europe for Climate Summit

After Hottest Decade Since Records Began, WMO Warns World May Face 5°C Rise by Century's End

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

Decrying 'Utterly Inadequate' Efforts to Tackle Climate Crisis, UN Chief Declares 'Our War Against Nature Must Stop'

Thousands of students participated in the global climate strike

'We See No Other Options': Youth Activists Lead Global #ClimateStrike Ahead of COP 25

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Climate Expert Says UN Emissions Report Makes Clear Only Solution Is to 'Cut Off Supply of Fossil Fuels at Their Source'

Women during a protest on the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Nantes, France, on November 25, 2019. (Photo: Estelle Ruiz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Global Demonstrations Demand 'Concrete, Practical Action' to End Violence Against Women

'The Science Is Screaming': UN Report Warns Only Rapid and Transformational Action Can Stave Off Climate Disaster

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'Another Year. Another Record.': Levels of Key Climate-Heating Gases Hit New Highs in 2018, UN Reveals

Pompeo Calls It 'Democracy' in Bolivia as Post-Coup Violence Grows and Fear of Civil War Intensifies

Projected Fossil Fuel Production 'Dangerously Out of Step' With Global Climate Goals, UN Report Reveals

International voices condemned the U.S. decision to no longer consider the Israeli settlements in Palestine a war crime.

'Naked Violation' of Human Rights: Global Condemnation Over New US Position on Israeli Occupation

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Amnesty International - USA

World Court Orders Myanmar to Protect Rohingya

Amnesty International

UN Landmark Case for People Displaced By Climate Change

Jubilee USA Network

IMF Chief Warns of Financial Disaster Driven by Inequality

Center for International Environmental Law

Countries Have a Duty to Pursue Disability-Inclusive Climate Action, According to New Report

Center for International Environmental Law

New Report Confirms: Human Rights Are Integral to Climate Action

Food & Water Watch

UN Climate Report Shows Urgent Need for Supply-Side Action

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Marianne Brooker

Climate Refugee Ruling Sets 'Global Precedent'

Skye Wheeler

UN Peacekeeping Has a Sexual Abuse Problem

Dave Inder Comar

The United States' Assassination of Iranian Military Leader Violates International Law

Ramzy Baroud

From a Blessing to a Curse: How UN Resolution 2334 Accelerated Israel’s Colonization in the West Bank

Erika González, Sriram Madhusoodanan

Meet the Big Polluters Sponsoring COP25

John Atcheson

Why We Need a Green New Deal and Half Measures Won't Work

Michelle Bachelet

Hong Kong's Leaders Have Only One Way Out of the Protest Crisis

Nicolas J S Davies

Iraqis Rise Up Against 16 Years of "Made in the USA" Corruption

Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer

Why We Strike Again

Stephen Zunes

Trump’s Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support