1. World Health Organization (WHO) reports that approximately 840 million women have experienced partner or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime—a stark reminder that gender-based violence remains a critical global human-rights crisis, with little meaningful progress in two decades.
2. At the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, scientists and negotiators issued urgent warnings: to limit global warming there must be at least 5 % annual emissions cuts, and a clear roadmap to net-zero fossil fuel emissions by 2045 is needed. The divide between fossil-fuel-dependent nations and climate-vulnerable ones remains a major stumbling block.
3. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global progress in energy efficiency is accelerating in 2025, thanks to 250+ new policy actions. This signals renewed momentum in efforts to reduce energy consumption, cut emissions, and enhance economic competitiveness.
4. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issues its seasonal outlook for Sept–Nov 2025: sea-surface temperatures show signs of shifting toward a weak La Niña pattern, while the Indian Ocean Dipole is expected to turn negative—both influencing weather across Africa, Asia and beyond.
5. A major digital infrastructure company, Cloudflare, experienced a global service outage on 18 Nov 2025 due to an internal bug—not a cyberattack. The incident underscores how critical and yet fragile internet-infrastructure systems remain.