Climate
Map of the Day: Heatwave in Australia
Maps from the Australian Government’s Bureau of Meteorology warn of the hot, hot future our planet has in store for us as the effects of climate change become acute.
3 Reasons Why You Will Soon Feel the Pain From Global Biodiversity Loss
The mass extinction and corresponding biodiversity loss doesn’t touch most people’s everyday lives yet. It remains abstract. That is going to change. Here are three of the major impacts we’ll see
Typhoon Bopha One Month Later (Video)
About 6 weeks after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the Caribbean and Northeastern United States, a major storm called Typhoon Bopha struck the Philippines and neighboring small island states.
13 Stories That Will Drive the Global Agenda in 2013
Want to know what people, places and things will be driving the global agenda in 2013? The UN Dispatch team has you covered. A 2013m listicle for the discerning global set.
Top of the Morning: Doha Climate Talks Hit Snag; Global Food Prices Decline; Egypt in Turmoil;
Top stories from the mobile news aggregation app, DAWNS Digest.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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