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A UN news brief reports violence and exploitation affecting children migrating to Europe, renewed concern over forced contraception of Inuit women and girls in Greenland, and urgent agricultural funding gaps amid hunger in the Near East and North Africa.
Children arrived in Greece, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and Malta last year
The UN Environment Programme says rotting food in landfills produces methane and contributes substantially to climate change. The article describes efforts involving waste pickers and black soldier flies to reduce emissions.
Methane is responsible for nearly one third of global warming.
At the UN General Debate in New York, officials and experts discussed how a strengthening El Niño could intensify drought, flooding and food-security risks, while giving governments time to prepare.
Morocco’s cereal yields fell during the 2023–2024 strong El Niño event.