NEW YORK - The United Nations released $100 million from an emergency fund Tuesday in a bid to avert famine in seven at-risk countries.
"Famine can be prevented, but we have to act in time to make…
UN warns about consequences of not conserving water and tackling climate crisis.
Water shortages are now affecting more than 3 billion people around the world, as the amount of fresh water available…
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you for inviting me to speak today.
I will focus my remarks on the climate crisis and the need for heightened climate action.
Recently, we have seen…
On the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals – in the midst of a pandemic radically transforming our economies and…
Multi-agency report highlights the current and future state of the climate in Africa
Geneva/Addis Ababa, 26 October 2020 – Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns…
The European Court of Justice on Oct. 8 found that France did not violate EU rules when it banned certain chemicals considered harmful to bees.
The legal row between the French Crop Protection…
Climate change has spurred close to a doubling of natural disasters in the last 20 years, and world leaders are failing to prevent Earth from evolving into "an uninhabitable hell" for millions, the…
A new report from the United Nations found that political leaders and industry leaders are failing to do the necessary work to stop the world from becoming an "uninhabitable hell" for millions of…
More than half of the world's population lives in cities, and most future population growth is predicted to happen in urban areas. But the concentration of large numbers of people and the ecosystems…
New York – In light of worsening climate impacts around the world and strong public concern about the climate crisis, the United Nations is stepping up engagement of its global audiences, calling on…
Humanity at a crossroads’ after a decade in which all of the 2010 Aichi goals to protect wildlife and ecosystems have been missed.
The world has failed to meet a single target to stem the…
Mock Cop26 set up in frustration at lack of progress due to coronavirus crisis.
Young climate activists have begun a parallel process to the UN climate crisis talks, in frustration at the lack of…
Now is a time for courage. It will take sacrifices from everyone for us all to survive, the president of the Marshall Islands writes.
My country joined the United Nations nearly 30 years ago, in…
Bonn– A new online platform on sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19 has been launched by the Government of Japan with support from UN Climate Change.
The new platform, called “Platform…
Liberian President George Weah on Wednesday called for tougher laws to combat what he said was an "epidemic" of rape of mostly children and young girls.
Addressing a conference on the subject, Weah…
New bold and innovative policy ideas and solutions to address the increasing acute situation of unemployment during the recovery from COVID-19, and the need to vastly accelerate climate action, will…
António Guterres tells country to stop building coal-fired power stations for sake of climate.
India must swiftly and permanently turn away from coal despite its need for cheap energy, the UN…
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