Latest A presidential memorandum said the UN climate bodies are “contrary to the interests of the United States”. Image: Karsten Wurth via Unsplash The US has withdrawn from a number of UN climate organisations, including the Framework Convention on Climate Change, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. A presidential memorandum

Civil Society, Environment, Headlines, Latin America & the Caribbean, Multimedia, TerraViva United Nations, Video Environment NITERÓI, Brazil, Jan 9 2026 (IPS) - “We moved from a context of socio-environmental exclusion to one of environmental justice,” said Dionê Castro, coordinator of the Sustainable Oceanic Region Program which led Brazil’s largest nature-based solutions project. Having won national

Home Fossil Energy TotalEnergies, Eni and QatarEnergy enter new exploration permit offshore Lebanon January 9, 2026, by Nadja Skopljak France’s TotalEnergies, Italian Eni, and QatarEnergy have signed an agreement with the Lebanese government to enter an exploration permit offshore Lebanon. Source: TotalEnergies The consortium’s initial work program on Block 8 consists of the acquisition of

Home Subsea UK firm’s subsea technology ordered for Japanese offshore wind January 9, 2026, by Nadja Skopljak Japanese submarine cable installation specialist SEKIKAIJI Industry has purchased a trencher and advanced cable tracker technology from the UK’s subsea technology and services provider SMD, which will be used for the offshore wind market in Japan. Source: SMD

Africa, Climate Change, Climate Change Justice, Conferences, COP30, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Food Systems, Global, Headlines, Latin America & the Caribbean, Population, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations | Analysis Food Systems Food solutions were on display everywhere around COP30—from the 80 tonnes of local and agroecological meals served to

Home Fossil Energy Ithaca Energy awards Prosafe vessel with $2.73M contract extension January 9, 2026, by Nadja Skopljak North Sea oil & gas operator and producer Ithaca Energy has exercised the option for Prosafe’s flotel to stay all three remaining weeks at the Captain field in the UK sector of the North Sea. Safe Caledonia; Source:

Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, North America, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: WMO/Daniel Pavlinovic / UN News WASHINGTON, USA, Jan 9 2026 (IPS) - The Trump Administration’s sweeping executive order to withdraw the United States from dozens of United Nations bodies and

Climate Change, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Gender, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, North America, Population, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Women's Health Aid Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s eightieth session in 2025. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider. UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 2026 (IPS) -

Active Citizens, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, TerraViva United Nations, Youth Opinion DHAKA, Bangladesh, Jan 8 2026 (IPS) - As many of you know, out of the blue, I have been called in to assist the Interim Government led by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad

Mindful Chef has today unveiled a brand refresh created in partnership with independent branding and design studio Mother Design, marking the next evolution for the UK's premium healthy recipe box service. In all honesty, it doesn't feel that long ago since Ragged Edge overhauled the identity, sharpening Mindful Chef's positioning and visual clarity in a

Africa, Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Food and Agriculture, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations Two malnourished children receive food supplements at a health centre in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan. Credit: UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 2026 (IPS) - As Sudan approaches 1,000 days of civil war, late

Africa, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana addressing the UN General Assembly last September. Credit: UN Photo MOSCOW, Jan 8 2026 (IPS) - Squeezed between import substitution and dependency syndrome, a condition characterized by a set of associated economic