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The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, published Monday, included 10 charts that tell the current climate situation in pictures.

Hundreds gathered on the Biddeford Campus on Wednesday, March 30, to engage in multiple conversations about the state of climate change and environmental justice, as the University of New England hosted the One-Night Teach-In on Climate and Justice. UNE joined more than 300 colleges and universities across the globe as part of Worldwide Teach-In on Climate and Justice, an initiative of the Solve Climate by 2030 project, and was the sole institution in Maine to hold such an event.

This year’s World Health Day, a WHO campaign, focuses on the theme of “our planet, our health” to draw attention to ways in which the health of the planet affects human health and well-being.Because a polluted planet causes greater incidence of diseases such as cancer, asthma and heart disease — with 13 million deaths worldwide each year attributable to avoidable

Town staff members discuss green alternatives after a presentation from a local climate lobbyist at the March Town Council meeting.

The deep and immediate cuts in fossil fuel emissions necessary to curb climate change stand in stark contrast to current Kentucky politics.

CLIMATE CHANGE ATTRIBUTED - Experts analysing the role that climate change has played in causing extreme weather events have published the findings of a new study.

The golden toad was the first species where climate change has been identified as a key driver of extinction.

Climate experts are urging Shehbaz Sharif's government to continue Khan's flagship forest restoration initiative

UK Government’s Regional Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean, Fiona Clouder visits to The Bahamas pre and post COP26.

Doctors observed a surprise silver lining in the early weeks of the coronavirus epidemic in 2020: Americans were suffering fewer heart attacks.

As the UK announces a new climate change GCSE, our team reveals what they wish they’d learnt at school.

Why is climate change worrying scientists, and what is its impact on health? In this In Conversation podcast, we spoke to two leading experts to find out.

The Earth's average temperature has increased by more than 1C during the 20th and 21st century

Reporters from the Climate Desk gathered reader questions and are here to help explain some frequent puzzlers.

Climate change crisis: 2021 was a year of extreme weather and natural disasters for the continent, from heat waves to flooding and droughts.

Fifteen former leaders and ministers are set to address sensitive questions on the role of CO2 removal and geoengineering in climate action

Climate change produced another record-breaking year of extreme weather in Europe in 2021, triggering catastrophic flooding and the hottest summer on

Ask the Expert: Earth Day and the impact of climate change

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Defra and the Devolved Administrations make three appointments to the Adaptation Committee of the Climate Change Committee

Norway’s biggest city is charting a path forward for the world.

A coalition of more than 60 environmental and community groups are calling on Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and other elected officials to act faster to avert the worst impacts of a warming planet. Patricia Nelson, finance director for Safe and Healthy Colorado, lives in Weld County, which produces more than half of the state's oil and gas. ...

Climate Change: Experts emphasize the importance of not making climate projections look worse than they already are.

We are in ‘Fergie time’ when it comes to reducing our carbon footprint but it is not too late to chart a path to sustainability

War in Ukraine slashed wheat and fertilizer exports, while climate-induced disasters destroy harvests — together, they create harrowing risks to global food security.

Wheat prices hit a 14-year high in face of Russia-Ukraine war, and experts say widespread risks to food security are growing

Climate change affects everybody across the world, but each country may face different effects in various ways. To address this threat, national authorities need information on the specific climate hazards they are already facing, the ones that will come in the future, and the opportunities to mitigate climate change impacts.

The Indian Premier League battles on through some of the hottest conditions in 100 years, with one team donning green as a call to action yesterday.

The HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity has launched Climate and Health Outlook, a new climate-related public health information series, according to a press release.The first installment of the series focused on extreme heat.

It comes as the Met Office warns the world has a 50-50 chance in the next five of temporarily exceeding the 1.5C global warming limit.

The UK and Egypt will bring countries together in Copenhagen this week to focus on what climate action needs to be taken to deliver key commitments ahead of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh in November.

Climate change is the long-term, continued shifting of temperatures and weather patterns on planet Earth; an evolution driven by human activities.

Six months ago, negotiators at the United Nations’ Glasgow climate summit celebrated a series of new commitments to lower global greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to the impacts of climate change.

For many of us, climate crises can feel far away. While we may be lucky to avoid the most extreme impacts, climate change will still radically alter our lives.

TV news meteorologists are experts at forecasting the weather, but as trusted science communicators, they’re also a resource when it comes to engaging the public on climate change.

Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries issued the following joint statement on Climate, Environment, Peace and Security following the conclusion of their Foreign Minister Meeting in Germany.

Most Australians want action on climate change, but you would not know that from the campaign for Saturday’s election.

Insured losses from natural catastrophes have increased 250% in the last 30 years, with perils such as wildfires and storms, seen as particularly impacted by climate change.

Extreme weather events, water scarcity, risks of illness: Climate change is here, and it’s already affecting Texans.

Extreme weather events, water scarcity, risks of illness: Climate change is here, and it’s already affecting Texans.

Ten research teams at Harvard will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund awards, which address both local and global issues.

Rising seas, raging fires, more powerful hurricanes—as the climate changes, so do many facets of life. A look at how 60 Minutes has documented the transformation.

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro describes climate change as an "existential threat" for the Navy and Marine Corps.

The effects of global warming as witnessed by POLITICO readers.

A terrifying climate change prophecy appears to be upon us, with bomb-like cyclones and searing droughts. But is the weather actually getting worse?

In case you missed it: Rising temperatures are disrupting peoples’ slumber, carbon offsets are helping the Indigenous Hadza people protect the forests they depend on and elephants are consuming massive amounts of plastic from dumpsters in India.

An experiment finds small changes in framing and word choice can elicit significant changes in how science skeptics engage with news coverage of climate change.

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In September 2018, Kaliko T. and her family packed up their belongings and evacuated to a friend’s house just as Tropical Storm Olivia was bearing down on Mau

“It’s having ramifications, sometimes predictable, sometimes not predictable,” one scientist said of climate change

Read more about Bonn climate change conference next week to set tone for COP27 in Egypt on Business Standard. At the June sessions, discussions will take place on a range of important topics including greenhouse gas emission reductions, adapting to climate impacts

Climate change is the change in the usual weather of a place. Weather can be defined as everyday changes happening in our environment, for example, it might rain one day and sunshine the next day.

The Bonn Climate Change Conference is designed to prepare for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November

Extending dependence on coal will mean ‘we are cooked’ John Kerry warns

Out of 275 bills passed during this legislative session, only 1 directly relates to climate change policy.

Worsening climate-change-driven heat, heavy rainfall and storm surges threaten Bangladesh's coastal mosques. What needs to be done to protect them?

More than $18bn promised by rich countries to help vulnerable - typically low polluting - countries adapt to climate change is still missing from plans, new research finds.

How changing our diet and our food systems could help protect our planet and our health from the worst impacts of climate change.

Emirati delegation sets out plans at global talks to drive sustainability for decades to come

With Egypt’s COP27 six months away, experts are calling attention to the MENA region’s transition to clean energy.

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization's boss insisted on Monday (Jun 13) that turning trade green was now urgent business, with the WTO putting climate change at the heart of its negotiations. The WTO is staging its first meeting of trade ministers in nearly five years and environmental issues are rocketing

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JACOBABAD, Pakistan: Heavily pregnant Sonari toils under the burning sun in fields dotted with bright yellow melons in Jacobabad, which last month became the hottest city on Earth. Her 17-year-old neighbour Waderi, who gave birth a few weeks ago, is back working in temperatures that can exceed 50 degrees C

Climate change is one of the defining issues – if not the defining issue – of our era. But when it comes to news about this topic, media outlets often struggle to garner audience attention. The story can seem intractable, depressing, and often difficult to understand. It is also frequently politicised, with audiences polarised on the topic.

Vancouver’s Metaspectral gets $150,000 from the The Canadian Space Agency to analyze satellite data

Global warming represents a threat to economies throughout South Asia, with warnings that in the long term, this phenomenon will reshape the region’s way of life unless world powers act now to stop the climate crisis.

A review article shows how dangerous climate-related threats are to children’s well-being

Review Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Climate Change, Fossil-Fuel Pollution, and Children’s Health

Climate anxiety is often described with terms like guilt, grief and desperation as an overwhelming sense of doom about the state of the environment emerges.

Each morning in this Somali border town, 11-year-old Bashir Nur Salat plots his day's mission behind a crooked wire fence. Armed with only a friend's yellow school shirt, a borrowed book and toothy grin, he eyes his prize through the mesh: lunch.

Climate change could create challenges for your retirement location.

A U.S. News Healthiest Communities analysis shows how racial and ethnic minority groups are at highest risk from various natural hazards. In many ways, experts say, there's nothing natural about why that's the case.

An experiment finds small changes in framing and word choice can elicit significant changes in how science sceptics engage with news of climate change.

Although climate change threatens everyone, women and girls often suffer its harshest and most violent consequences, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday.  |

A weeklong period in mid-June saw various overlapping and concurrent extreme weather events affect the U.S. Cable news networks CNN and MSNBC mentioned climate change in a combined 21% of segments on these events. Corporate broadcast news outlets ABC, CBS, and NBC, meanwhile, mentioned climate change in just 9% of their combined segments.

University of Melbourne-led experts found that the annual number of tropical cyclones decreased by about 13 per cent during the 20th century, compared with the period between 1850 and 1900.

Climate change will severely impact region’s water supplies and food production systems

Chatham House think tank and former Dutch military chief say alliance is past the point of debating global warming and must adapt defence strategies to address it

Professor says link to extreme weather sometimes overestimated but climate costs underestimated

Blistering heat, stronger storms, droughts, floods and fires are putting food production at risk

The UK delivered a statement during a panel discussion on the adverse effects of climate change on the human rights of people in vulnerable situations.

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An Arizonan tries to talk to his neighbors about climate change, while researchers show the way to fight denial is with repeated, accurate science.

Number of climate-related lawsuits globally has doubled since 2015, with quarter filed in past two years

As climate change alters our weather systems, how can the agricultural industry adapt to a warming world?

Beekeepers in northwestern Syria have to do whatever they can to produce honey – despite the dangers they face.

A new review aimed to highlight the opportunities as well as challenges of the interaction of COVID-19 and climate change.

Ad hocism has compounded our climate vulnerabilities, and inaction restricts climate adaptation options.

Extreme weather events, from scorching heat waves to unusually heavy downpours, have caused widespread upheaval across the globe this year, with thousands of people killed and millions more displaced.

For decades, it was impossible to say that a specific weather event was caused, or even made worse, by climate change. But advanced research methods are changing that.

For decades, it was impossible to say that a specific weather event was caused, or even made worse, by climate change. But advanced research methods are changing that.

The shift from snow to rain can have dramatic implications for flooding.

The shift from snow to rain can have dramatic implications for flooding.

The shift from snow to rain can have dramatic implications for flooding.

Scientist have said ‘heatwaves kill’ and warned that the UK needs to urgently adapt to a future with higher summer temperatures.

Scientist have said ‘heatwaves kill’ and warned that the UK needs to urgently adapt to a future with higher summer temperatures.

The shift from snow to rain can have dramatic implications for flooding.

Some farmers say they’re trying to help their crops through drier conditions this summer.

A new programme costing $23.5 million to study the long-term impact of climate change on Singapore was announced by Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu on Tuesday (12 July).

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Why is the world seeing more record-breaking floods? The question was asked and answered on Tuesday in an article on the World Economic Forum by Frances

Some species of birds in North America have not fully adjusted their distributions in response to ongoing climate change. The places these birds live have become more decoupled from their optimal climate conditions, while other features of the environment become more constraining. This trend of climate decoupling is more pronounced for habitat specialists and for species declining in abundance.

In April, the American Society of Nephrology released a statement calling on kidney health professionals to take action against climate change.The ASN wrote in its statement, “The American Society of Nephrology calls on kidney health professionals to take action to address the impact of climate change on the 850 million people — including more than 37 million Americans — living

The Met Office has issued its first red warning for extreme heat.

Joe Manchin’s rejection of a compromise climate bill tells a familiar story: Voters and politicians put a higher premium on immediate issues, such as inflation and the economy, giving politicians a pass on global warming.

What’s an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Heat pumps, advocates say. And new building codes could require them.

A new study shows weather catastrophes triggered by climate change have cost Germany at least €145 billion over the last two decades. Leaders at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue are looking at ways to tackle the impact.

Will it be possible to feed the planet in a warmer world? The production of key crops like cereals can be hit hard by heatwaves and droughts. Climate Now meets the scientists attempting to uncover and harness the secrets of the most resistant plants.

The scramble to save lives is a challenging reality that many hospitals and medical workers are facing again this year as severe weather-related health emergencies escalate because of extreme climate events.

Greta Thunberg and Al Gore, two of the world's leading voices in the fight against climate change, reacted Tuesday to the record-setting heat wave and wildfires gripping Europe.

Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave and wildfires are raging across the Mediterranean. Here's how climate change drives these events.

Brutal heatwaves are gripping both Europe and the United States this week and are forecast to dump searing heat on much of China into late August.

Climate hazards such as heatwaves and droughts could exacerbate security risks worldwide, says a new report by Verisk Maplecroft.

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Senate Democrats’ monthslong effort to negotiate a budget reconciliation bill with ambitious climate change…

The leaders of the nation’s military have been telling us for years that climate change and its far-reaching effects are a threat to our security. Now they are actively and

Driven by climate change, heat waves and drought go hand in hand. And in one U.S. city, heat kills as many people as homicide.

The searing heat is part of a global pattern of rising temperatures, attributed by scientists to human activity.

According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), better understanding the impact of climate change on our daily lives

As temperatures surge upward shattering records and lives with an alarming consistency, it is jaw-dropping to just take stock of the phalanxes of climate-change deniers. Most species on this planet may reach the level of extinction before some of these diehard, cultist, fact-denying, science skeptics smell the coffee. Being a skeptic is one thing and perfectly acceptable.

New UN-backed guidelines issued on Monday aim to protect, include and empower children forced to flee their homes due to the climate crisis, marking the first-ever global effort to address this increasingly major concern.  |

Tech workers are giving up jobs at places like Google for opportunities to put their skill set to work fighting climate change.

Even as surveys show the public generally has become more concerned about climate change, a sizeable number of Americans have become even more distrustful of...

Scientists are confident some types of flooding will increase in the “business as usual” scenario in which humans continue warming the planet with greenhouse gas emissions at the current rate.

"The climate optimism approach focuses on highlighting positive information and individual actions."

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If passed and signed into law, the reconciliation bill would be the largest climate investment ever taken by Congress.

The floods in Missouri and Kentucky this week were both caused by extreme rainfall. Climate change is making such rain more common, and driving dangerous floods across much of the U.S.

How is the White House dealing with growing monkeypox cases? Climate change is making rain more common and driving dangerous floods. Tech companies say they're bracing for tough economic times.

Scientists say there are ample reasons to suspect global heating could lead to catastrophe

Weather, the atmosphere, the oceans, and the climate are all changing. That has devastating effects on crops, livestock, and fisheries.

Weather, the atmosphere, the oceans, and the climate are all changing. That has devastating effects on crops, livestock, and fisheries.

Our shifting climate could have big repercussions on Canada’s boreal forest. Drought, fire and insect stressors could mean a shift of boreal regions further north. So what would that mean for Alberta and Saskatchewan’s landscape?

Concerns about the impact of the climate crisis on health are driving doctors, nurses, medical students and others to advocate for change. The American Medical Association recently declared climate change a public health crisis and said it would push for more policies meant to limit global warming.

Climate change experts call it a panic button moment: an extreme spike in carbon in the environment that is higher than it's ever been.

The latest comments from the former PM, who once said he was ‘agnostic’ on climate change, remind us some remain unmoved by science

The summer has become prone to some of the most costly annual disasters in the United States, with hurricanes, torrential rainstorms, droughts and wildfires.

These four headlines should send a tingle of fear down the spine of every human being. Taken together, these four articles represent an approaching tragedy of the highest order for planet Earth and humanity. It is a true doomsday scenario.

High school students from the U.S. and beyond attended the Harvard Chan C-CHANGE Youth Summit on Climate, Equity, & Health at Harvard Chan School.

Daniel Henstra > Professor, Department of Political Science > Co-lead, Climate Risk Research Group > Member, Waterloo Climate Institute Climate change is such a huge issue that it can be difficult to even know where to start. It involves sophisticated science and mountains of data, as well as social, political and economic implications that intersect with various academic

More than half the known human diseases can be made worse by climate change-related weather disasters

/PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte today announced a new asset roadmap and suite of cross-business integrated sustainability solution offerings. Deloitte's "2022 CxO...

While the effect of climate change is largely unpredictable, we can feel reasonably confident that it will undermine global job markets.

Image: Crowd4SDG) Crowd4SDG, an EU-funded project involving CERN as a partner organisation, is launching its third and final call for projects. This

Climate change has led to warming temperatures in the Pacific Northwest, leading some insect species to expand their range into more northerly oak savannas, according to new research.

Dream of planting your own garden in the Garden State? Use this as your homebuying guide.

The recently released State of the Great Lakes report highlights successes and new threats in restoring and protecting the Great Lakes.

There's a long history of massive inland flooding in California. New research finds that climate change has already doubled the odds it happens again.

Researchers say a massive flood could be "California's other Big One." New data from UCLA researchers say climate change has doubled the chance such a flood may happen.

Newspapers were writing about climate change more than a century ago. Here’s why it’s taken so long to start tackling it.

Climate change has doubled the potential for a "catastrophic" flooding event in California, and further warming could increase that chance even more, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Newspapers were writing about climate change more than a century ago. Here’s why it’s taken so long to start tackling it.

Heatwaves, droughts, floods and storms push up the number of cases, make diseases more severe and hamper people’s ability to cope.

/PRNewswire/ -- Consumer fears over climate change have escalated around the globe over the last year. According to new research from the 2022 Mintel...

A series of articles stemming from LTER research reveals the various impacts of climate change across different ecosystems

"Climate denial is not only murder; it is suicide."

It's important news that's finally being given the priority treatment it deserves.

Dr. Ethan Sims spends many of his days and nights in the emergency rooms of St. Luke’s Health System. He also heads Idaho Clinicians for Climate and Health. Sad to say, he and his colleagues in Idaho and across the globe see too many links between climate change and health care crises.

Climate change continues to have a major negative physical, socio-economic and ecological impact on South Africa. Experts say that the nation is yet to

Barriers to the work of global south researchers make accurate climate projections more difficult and limit the ability of countries to adapt.

France’s vineyards have had a difficult year thanks to the effects of climate change – with late frosts, hailstorms, repeated heatwaves and a historic drought. The industry is trying to adapt to this…

The curious connection between the sky’s “thirstiness” and the dry spell devastating the western US

New frontiers of human rights Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies Ladies and gentlemen, Colleagues and friends, Good morning. Thank you for welcoming me. It is a special pleasure to be undertaking the first ever visit by a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the remarkable country of Bangladesh.

New research shows that if it were not for the impact of climate change, up to 50 percent of residences in Houston's Harris County would likely not have been flooded by Hurricane Harvey five years ago. The study coincides with the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Texas and Louisiana in 2017, causing massive flooding in Houston.

US government’s 2020-2025 guidance is meat- and dairy-heavy. Experts say that isn’t sustainable

When biologist Andrew Derocher discovered in the 1990s how polar bears were affected by climate change, his work helped launch the charismatic critter as an icon — used by activists as a poster animal for a warming world, and exploited by climate deniers to argue the opposite. But get close and the story of Arctic change is more complex.

The 63 national parks are in danger from climate change

Aug. 28—Ray Sprague doesn't try to convince anyone that climate change is real. But the second-generation Plainfield farmer has seen the evidence during his own lifetime that, for him, ends any debate. It's not just that the fall frost now comes almost a month later than it used to. "We're not having winters," he said. Sure, New Hampshire still has cold weather, but the Upper Valley doesn't ...

Renewable energy has become more critical in recent years, as the world has become more aware of the need to move away from fossil fuels. HFN

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Aleph Farms, the first cultivated meat company to grow steaks directly from non-genetically engineered animal cells, today announced that it has been

Sustainability. It’s a buzzword, it’s a big word. It can mean everything and nothing. But what does “sustainability” even mean today? And does it have the same meaning for everyone? In this episode...

“If you don’t act against climate change, then no matter how much money you leave for your children, it’ll not even cover their healthcare bills, due to l

Historic flooding and record droughts are stressing water systems across the country, and experts warn that with climate change intensifying the crisis in Jackson, Miss., may be just the beginning.

Tens of thousands of coastal Texas residents have survived repeated extreme weather events including Hurricane Harvey. For many, it has taken an emotional toll, and researchers warn that climate change could be “catastrophic” for our mental health.

Extremely heavy rain fell in the hardest-hit provinces. About 75% more water is falling during the heaviest rainstorms in the region, according to a new scientific analysis.

The way we talk about climate change can influence the solutions we develop, experts said.

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What climate change means for sustainability

"Almost every marine heatwave is warmer than the last because of ... climate change," NOAA scientist says.

New Jersey’s State-Specific Climate Science Report Adds Chapter to Help Inform and Prepare Residents for Health Impacts Associated with Climate Change

“We all know we're already living in a climate crisis,” the president told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday.

Deloitte and Junk Kouture, the world's largest sustainable fashion competition for young people, today announced a global collaboration to encourage and empower talented and passionate youth worldwide to join the fight against climate change. Junk Kouture is a unique program that offers young creatives of all backgrounds and experiences access to a year-round free academic program focused on fashion, sustainability, and addressing climate change. Students are challenged to design and create haut

Climate change is costing the earth. But the business case for investing in sustainability is not just about mitigating risk; it’s also about opportunity.

Health tends to get second-class consideration. But climate change-induced impacts are gaining traction as a primary concern.

The climate crisis is pushing ocean temperatures higher and laying the groundwork for tropical storms to explode at breakneck pace into deadly major hurricanes.

Europe's militaries are caught between defending against Russia and fighting global warming-driven wildfires. Leaders say the problem will only worsen.

Can the government find climate-friendly ways to spend $1 trillion? A panel of experts will seek ideas to infuse sustainability in budget decisions.

Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico helped Hurricane Ian gain strength. Rapidly intensifying major hurricanes are more likely as the Earth gets hotter.

California activists paved the way for defining climate change as an air pollution problem. Now it's federal law.

Through the GLISA, Michigan Engineering experts are helping small and mid-sized cities plan for a future shaped by a changing climate.

In six years there have been six historic hurricanes in the continental United States, all which intensified quickly before making landfall. Climate change helped fuel them.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at an Australian hairdresser who is teaching others in her profession how to have meaningful climate change discussions, and explore the energy potential of Canada's volcanoes.

Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico helped Hurricane Ian gain strength. Rapidly intensifying major hurricanes are more likely as the Earth gets hotter.

Areni Global, a think tank dedicated to the future of fine wine, has released a ground-breaking report examining the major threats, and...

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Climate change and environmental degradation are escalating the risk and prevalence of violence against women and girls across the world, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert warned on Wednesday. |