A sign outside the United Nations reads, perhaps half-seriously, that it is a “No Drone Zone”—and “launching, landing or operating Unmanned or Remote-Controlled aircraft in this area is prohibited”. The “warning” comes even as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – or drones – are some of the new weapons of war deployed
Tag: United Nations
A world of 8 billion: Population growth will continue but it’s slowing down
What does it take to build a culture of equality & inclusion at the UN?
Hundreds protest at UN climate summit
Hundreds of environmental activists on Saturday called on industrialized nations at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt to pay for the impact of global warming, the largest demonstration yet that came as German officials raised concerns about possible surveillance and intimidation of delegates and other conference attendees.Protests have mostly been
UN to track big emitters of heat-trapping methane
Big emitters of the heat-trapping gas methane can expect a call from the United Nations starting next year, when the global body launches a new platform to combine existing systems for tracking the potent greenhouse gas from space.The U.N. Environment Programme said Friday that the new Methane Alert and Response
Making UN Charter a Reality: Towards a new approach to development cooperation?
Limits to Growth: Inconvenient Truth of Our Times
Ahead of the first United Nations environmental summit in Stockholm in 1972, a group of scientists prepared The Limits to Growth report for the Club of Rome. It showed planet Earth’s finite natural resources cannot support ever-growing human consumption. Limits used integrated computer modelling to investigate twelve planetary scenarios of economic
UN needs a sea change in its handling of sexual exploitation & abuse
Either cooperate or perish: UN chief tells climate summit
"Cooperate or perish," the United Nations chief told dozens of leaders gathered Monday for international climate talks, warning them that the world is "on a highway to climate hell" and urging the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States, to work together to avert it. This year's annual
Ageing population growing fast in Bangladesh: UN expert Mahler says
United Nations independent expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons Claudia Mahler on Monday began her 11-day visit to Bangladesh focusing on older persons' rights in specific contexts, including emergency situations related to climate change and forced displacement. Mahler is visiting Bangladesh (from 7 to 17