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The latest IPS reporting on progress, setbacks & emerging challenges across the #SDGs:
➡️How Conflict Brings Biodiversity to the Brink;
➡️The Eradication of Extreme Poverty by 2030: a Key UN goal will be a Missed Target; and more👇
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“If we stay silent today, the next generation might lose even the hope of protesting,” says Gulsuum, an Afghan activist who continues campaigning for girls' education despite the danger ipsnews.net/2026/10/afghan-w…
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Millions of people are dying unnecessarily when only a very small percentage of rich countries budgets could help save them. Aid benefits us all—it’s not only the moral thing to do, but it helps strengthen national security, says @DaniNierenberg ipsnews.net/2026/10/the-erad…
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Taxing the soaring wealth of billionaires and large corporations is essential to address poverty. The UN should lead the way on an international tax reform that will allow a redistribution of the wealth, says Frederic Mousseau, @oak_institute ipsnews.net/2026/10/the-erad…
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“Our voice may be quiet, but it will never be silenced,” says Gulsuum. Afghan women continue demanding freedom, justice and dignity through online protests despite Taliban restrictions ipsnews.net/2026/10/afghan-w…
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Global military spending could reach $6.6 trillion by 2035. A small fraction of annual military budgets, less than 4% of yearly global military spending, could help address global hunger, says Anuradha Mittal, @oak_institute ipsnews.net/2026/10/the-erad…
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An average of 100 marine species can be identified from a single litre of filtered seawater. This kind of information allows us to see and know whether conservation and protection are happening in the right place, says UNESCO scientist Saara Suominen ipsnews.net/2026/10/what-a-s…
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Looking for serious weekend reading? Must‑reads in our weekly newsletter:
➡️How Conflict Brings Biodiversity to the Brink;
➡️UAE’s UN Chief Candidate Faces Mounting Opposition Over Country’s Role in Sudan War; and more 👇
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The UN is unlikely to meet its goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. An estimated 826 million people (1 in 10 people worldwide) still live in extreme poverty. At current rates, 9% of the world’s population will still live in extreme poverty by 2030 ipsnews.net/2026/10/the-erad…
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The UN has declared 27 November as the annual International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage. The first observance will take place next month ipsnews.net/2026/10/from-44-…
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Afro-Brazilian religious communities face mounting discrimination amid the climate crisis. After devastating floods, many struggled to access emergency aid and rebuild sacred sites ipsnews.net/2026/10/afro-bra…
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Are marine protected areas still home to the species they were created to conserve? UNESCO's expanded seawater sampling programme aims to help answer that question and detect changes over time ipsnews.net/2026/10/what-a-s…
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Don't miss this week's newsletter - Most-read stories and must-reads:
➡️How Conflict Brings Biodiversity to the Brink;
➡️UAE’s UN Chief Candidate Faces Mounting Opposition Over Country’s Role in Sudan War; and more 👇
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An estimated 40,000 to 60,000 industrial chemicals are in global commerce, moving through complex supply chains into billions of products. @UNEP's Sheila Aggarwal-Khan calls for safety measures across whole sectors, not just substance-by-substance ipsnews.net/2026/10/we-canno…
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Cities can build new homes without sacrificing the farmland that feeds them. @FAO's Zhimin Wu calls for urban planning that balances housing, food security and livelihoods ipsnews.net/2026/10/green-ci…
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RT @jalixmichel: Fifty years ago, Seychelles took its seat at the UN as its 145th member. For small islands, multilateralism is not a choic…
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The challenge is to make chemical and product safety part of how whole sectors grow, innovate, and compete. If we can get that right, safer chemistry can become part of how stronger economies are built, writes Sheila Aggarwal-Khan, @UNEP ipsnews.net/2026/10/we-canno…
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The Norwegian krill industry says it supports marine protection and better fisheries management. That commitment should include accepting a moratorium. But why do Norwegian companies continue taking this food source from Antarctica at all? ipsnews.net/2026/10/the-worl…
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Biodiversity finance dominated COP17's second week, with new pledges and intensified donor outreach. Yet as the summit approached its close, the financing gap for implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework remains largely unchanged ipsnews.net/2026/10/new-biod…
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Most‑read stories and must‑reads in our weekly newsletter:
➡️How Conflict Brings Biodiversity to the Brink;
➡️UAE’s UN Chief Candidate Faces Mounting Opposition Over Country’s Role in Sudan War; and more 👇
ow.ly/K87b5102rJR
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