
IAEA to monitor Japan's release of water from Fukushima nuclear plant
The U.N. agency's report last month concluded that Japan's plans were consistent with international safety standards.
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The U.N. agency's report last month concluded that Japan's plans were consistent with international safety standards.
It suggests most jobs are only partly exposed to automation, and are more likely to be complemented than substituted.
WMO said the summer of extremes continues: July was the hottest month ever recorded and the high-impact weather continues through August.
The Global Environment Facility set up the new multilateral fund with key initial investments from Canada and the U.K.
The U.S., Albania, Japan, and South Korea led a U.N. Security Council session that shone a spotlight on starvation and repression under Kim Jong Un's regime.
'Extremely high water stress' afflicts 83% of the population in the Middle East and North Africa and 74% in South Asia.
Education Cannot Wait said Afghan girls are the "furthest behind" in efforts to erase poverty and reduce inequality.
The conflict has pushed over 20 million people into severe acute hunger, including 6.3 million a step away from famine.
African Union and West African regional bloc leaders supported deployment of a standby military force and demanded that Niger's junta release the ousted president.
Panel members said they were deeply concerned about the deteriorating security in the northwest region of Ethiopia.
Little more than a week ago, the U.N. Human Rights Committee warned of serious abuses in the nation.
Increasing rice prices from India's ban “raises substantial food security concerns for a large swath of the world population."
ECOWAS' 15 nations set an Aug. 6 deadline for Niger's military to restore to power the democratically elected president.
Scottish energy expert Jim Skea said it's important not to despair over the 'existential threat' from rising temperatures.
As climate litigation increases, the body of legal precedent grows, forming an increasingly well-defined field of law.
Heat waves can be expected about once every 15 years in the U.S. and Mexico, once a decade in Southern Europe, and once every 5 years in China, according to the study.