Map of the Day: What Countries Have Ratified The Paris Climate Agreement?Today’s map comes from the World Resources Institute, which runs the ever helpful “Paris Agreement Tracker” that shows which countries,...
A Major Public Health Crisis Was Just AvertedVaccines, they work! “A yellow fever outbreak in Angola and Congo has been brought under control by a major vaccination...
The UN General Assembly Kicks off Today. Here’s What that Actually MeansThe 71st United Nations General Assembly officially kicks off today. The big show starts next week, when heads of state...
Another Win for the Paris AgreementThe agreement is expected to pass the required threshold during the UN Summit Next Week. “Brazil, one of the world’s...
Yemen is sinking deeper and deeper into a never-ending civil warYemen is the region’s poorest country. And since the Arab Spring it’s also been one of the most unstable countries...
Here’s what you need to know about today’s straw poll to pick the next UN Secretary GeneralUpdated with results, below. The Security Council holds its fourth straw poll today to weigh members’ preferences for who should...
Study: Air Pollution is a Bigger Suck on Economies than You Probably RealizeMeanwhile, 5.5 million people die from air pollution related causes every year. “Air pollution costs the world trillions of dollars...
This is the Worst Crisis in the World that Gets the Least Amount of AttentionOver the course of the last six weeks or so, I’ve received a series of increasingly urgent sounding press releases...
South Sudanese Troops Fired on American DiplomatsColum Lynch has the scoop. “On the night of July 7, seven American diplomats in Juba left a farewell dinner...
