Climate action ‘cannot trample over the poor’ says Guterres, launching new initiative to protect...
The newly established Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals brings together a diverse group of governments, organizations and UN bodies to develop a set...
Stories from the UN Archive: UN proclaims world’s first Earth Day
That’s when environmental protection was not yet a priority of national political agendas, but a growing movement took hold across the planet.In 1971, UN...
Polluting rivers, beaches and the ocean: How can Trinidad solve its plastics problem?
The Maraval river winds its way through Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad & Tobago, reaching the sea at Invaders Bay, the evocative...
WMO report: Asia hit hardest by climate change and extreme weather
Following close on the heels of the study of climate change in Europe, published by WMO on Monday, the State of the Climate in Asia 2023...
Mixed efforts to achieve energy goals highlighted at the end of Sustainability Week
The unanimous declaration of the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All in 2012 aimed to hone on the importance of improving “access to reliable,...
Embrace innovation ‘to make sustainable transport a reality for all’
Opening its High-level Meeting on Sustainable Transport, Assembly President Dennis Francis urged countries to seize the opportunity to shape a green, inclusive and prosperous...
Finding Happiness in Ethiopia | Plant With Purpose
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Farmer Solomon is among the thousands of participants of Plant With Purpose’s Ethiopia program. He is a forty-year-old father of five....
COP28: The climate crisis is also a health crisis
Our planet has logged higher mean temperatures each year, with 2023 set to be the hottest on record. Ice sheets are melting at an...
COP28: Methane pledge by the ‘giants behind the climate crisis’ falls short, says Guterres
As the fourth day of this year’s UN climate conference got underway, the UN chief stated: “The fossil fuel industry is finally starting to...
COP28: Over 60 countries pledge to slash cooling emissions amid rising temperatures
Over 60 countries signed up to a so called ‘cooling pledge’ with commitments to reduce the climate impact of the cooling sector, that could...
COP28: To save the planet, we need a just and fair renewable energy revolution
As the two-week UN climate conference underway in Dubai’s Expo City reached its midway point, attendees stressed that the move towards clean energy sources...
UN cites ‘alarming surge’ in climate change over the past decade as COP28 pushes...
Marked by record breaking land and ocean temperatures, the decade between 2011-2020 saw continued rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses that “turbo charged” dramatic glacier...
Indigenous Kalinago lead the way towards making Dominica ‘climate resilient’
Dominica, which lies in Eastern Caribbean, is particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events, which are being exacerbated by the climate crisis: Hurricane Maria in...
COP28 is about action, not politics and point scoring, says UN climate chief
Mr. Stiell’s strong message to government negotiators comes as the latest UN climate conference, running in the UAE’s main city, Dubai, since last Thursday,...
UN Youth Forum focuses on sustainable future for all
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum provides a platform for young people to have a dialogue with diplomats on challenges affecting their...
COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ramp up on emissions cuts, fossil fuels
UN climate chief Simon Stiell has said that the current draft of the text is “a grab bag of wish lists and heavy on...
Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell...
With negotiations on curbing global warming and the future of fossil fuels generating the most buzz as the latest UN climate conference heads towards...
COP28: The UN’s net-zero food plan to save the 1.5-degree goal, combat climate ‘doomisim’
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has identified 10 priority areas – such as livestock, soil and water, crops, diets and fisheries –...
Climate advocates demand stronger COP28 language on fossil fuels
The 21-page text, prepared by the COP28 presidency, United Arab Emirates, makes no mention of fossil fuel ‘phasedown’ or ‘phaseout’, which UN Secretary-General António...
World News in Brief: UN anti-corruption conference, global hunger ‘set to soar’, healthy diets...
This year, the anti-corruption conference, as the Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) is popularly known, marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Convention.“Corruption...
Stop ‘kicking the can down the road,’ UN chief urges COP28 deal on phaseout...
As COP28 entered its final 48 hours, the UN chief delivered a clear message to government negotiators: “We must conclude the conference with an...
‘Rebuild a foundation of hope’ for global human rights: Türk
"This is a pivotal day. We are here to rebuild a foundation of hope - hope that we need now, perhaps more than ever,...
COP28 ends with call to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels; UN’s Guterres says phaseout...
Reacting to the adoption of the outcome document, UN chief António Guterres said that mention of the world’s leading contributor to climate change comes...
INTERVIEW: Actor Natalie Portman celebrates women and girls’ voices
In an interview with UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming on the sidelines of SDG Summit 2023 held at UN Headquarters in New York...
