http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2009, UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31421&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions proposed by the world's largest economies are not deep enough, and warned that much more effort is needed if governments are to reach a meaningful agreement on climate change by the end of the year. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31380&Cr=weather&Cr1= Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST Two United Nations agencies are collaborating on a project to improve early warning systems to try to reduce the risk posed by natural disasters and extreme weather conditions across South-East Europe. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31308&Cr=central+asia&Cr1= Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST A high-level forum organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) wrapped up in Geneva today with the adoption of a joint declaration stressing the need to tackle the challenge of radioactive waste in Central Asia. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31303&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the new initiative announced by the Government of the United Kingdom on financing for climate change, ahead of this December's meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, where countries are expected to wrap up negotiations on an ambitious new pact to slash greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31278&Cr=trade&Cr1=environment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST Contrary to conventional wisdom, further liberalization of international trade can help combat climate change and support a low carbon economy, said a joint United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Trade Organization (WTO) report launched today in Geneva. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31272&Cr=green+economy&Cr1= Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST Nearly two dozen agencies of the United Nations system have banded together to issue an urgent call for nations to ‘green' their economies to address the multiple crises that are dampening progress towards reaching development targets. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31242&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today extended an invitation to heads of State and government to attend an "unprecedented" global summit at the United Nations to spur action towards reaching an ambitious climate change pact later this year. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31233&Cr=unep&Cr1=climate+change Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST An international team of scientific researchers has warned that hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gases - used increasingly in insulation foam, air-conditioning and refrigeration - present a significant threat to global efforts to stabilize climate change, in a move welcomed today by the head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31228&Cr=unhabitat&Cr1= Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST The head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting socially and environmentally sustainable housing is one of three winners of this year's prestigious Göteborg Award, known as the "Nobel Prize in Environment." http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31202&Cr=climate+change&Cr1=africa Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Olympus Corporation and the Agence France-Presse (AFP) Foundation, launched an environmental photo contest today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, inviting works that profile ordinary people working to reduce the effects of climate change.