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Daily Wrap 20 November 2025

What's at stake in the COP30 negotiations? As climate talks in Belém enter their final stretch, negotiators are working on three fronts: technical details, ministerial consultations, and Presidency-led discussions. Behind the jargon and complex frameworks lie fundamental choices for more than 190 countries – choices that could shape how the Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, is turned into real-world action. Read more Climate and Environment Civilian deaths in Ukraine surge past last year's toll as winter deepens crisis, Security Council warned Millions in Ukraine have been left without heating, water or basic public services as winter temperatures plunge – and civilian deaths this year have already surpassed the total for 2024, the UN Security Council heard on Thursday. Read more Peace and Security World News in Brief: Violence against Haitian women, WHO alert over support for survivors worldwide, Youth Activist Summit marks hope over hate Between January and September, over 7,400 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) were reported in Haiti – an average of about 27 per day, according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric. Read more Women 'The world is watching': Guterres and Lula urge unity as COP30 talks near deadline With the clock ticking on climate negotiations in Belém, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, speaking separately, delivered a united message: the world is watching, and compromise cannot wait. Read more Climate and Environment Security Council LIVE: Spotlight on rising casualties in Ukraine The Security Council is holding a rare open briefing on Ukraine following days of deadly attacks by Russia on civilian areas and amid a renewed US mission to Kyiv in search of a peace deal. With attacks on energy infrastructure soaring and civilian casualties climbing, Council members have demanded answers and action. Can the Council increase pressure on veto-wielding Moscow, secure better protection and aid for civilians, and push toward an elusive ceasefire? Follow live below, find full UN meetings coverage here; UN News app users can click here.  Read more Peace and Security Security Council's veto power is 'poster child' of global gridlock, says Baerbock General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock warned on Thursday that repeated deadlock in the Security Council has become the "poster child" for wider global gridlock, undermining trust in multilateral institutions. Read more Peace and Security UNICEF: 20% of world's children still trapped in extreme poverty More than 19 per cent of children worldwide live in extreme poverty, surviving on under $3 a day, according to a new UNICEF report. Read more SDGs AI and anonymity fuel surge in digital violence against women What was once hailed as a vehicle for empowerment has, for millions of women and girls, become a source of fear. Read more Women Fleeing the frontline in Ukraine The lives of people living in Ukraine on the frontline of the war with Russia are becoming more tenuous and support is being provided for those who want to leave as well as those who want to stay in their homes. Read more Peace and Security

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