School students participating in a campaign to highlight the poor quality of education in India. Campaign by RMN Foundation (file photo)

UNESCO Invites Your Ideas for Futures of Education

January 23, 2020January 25, 2020 RMN News Climate Change, Education, UNESCO

UNESCO’s new initiative on the futures of education looks at 2050 and beyond and seeks to understand how education can

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré (file photo)

Netherlands Court Orders to Protect Human Rights from Climate Change

December 22, 2019December 24, 2019 RMN News Climate Change, Court, Human Rights, Netherlands

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday (December 20) applauded a landmark decision by the Supreme Court

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré (file photo)

Asia Pacific World

New UN Report Explains How to Achieve Climate Action

November 14, 2019November 15, 2019 RMN News Climate Action, Climate Change, Human Rights, Poverty, UN

With the global challenge of climate action threatening progress made on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new report from

FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu addresses the High-Level Segment of the 31st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol at FAO headquarters in Rome on November 7, 2019. Photo: FAO

Asia Pacific World

Global Food Loss in a Year = 1.3 Billion Tonnes

November 11, 2019November 12, 2019 RMN News Climate Change, FAO, Food

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Qu Dongyu said Thursday that international cooperation and innovative, climate friendly technologies

Children – who studied at the RMN Foundation free school – participating in a pollution-control campaign in Delhi. Photo and Campaign by Rakesh Raman, founder, RMN Foundation. (file photo)

Americas World

UN Supports Children Campaigning on Climate Change

September 30, 2019October 2, 2019 RMN News Children, Climate Change, Environment, Pollution, UN

The United Nations Committee which monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child has welcomed children campaigning

Momtaz (9) and Akobbar Hossain (15) are both residing in the village of Rajibpur, Chilmari, Kurigram which is one of the highly flood affected areas in Bangladesh. Their books got wet when water rushed into their home. Photo of 17th of July 2019. Photo: Kiron / UNICEF

Asia Pacific World

Monsoon Rains Affecting Over Five Million Children

August 13, 2019August 17, 2019 RMN News Children, Climate Change, Monsoon, Rains

Heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides across three countries in South Asia – Nepal, India, and Bangladesh – have killed at