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=33031&Cr=climate+change&Cr1=disaster Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Among those keeping a close eye on the outcome of next month's climate summit in Copenhagen is the head of the United Nations body dealing with disaster risk reduction, who has seen first-hand the devastation wrought by increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters aggravated by climate change. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33019&Cr=copenhagen&Cr1= Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST With just 17 days left before the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, a top UN official today predicted success for a framework accord including specific reduction targets from the United States, the only hold-out among industrialized nations, with a formal treaty to follow within six months. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33018&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is hoping to boost momentum for December's climate change conference in Copenhagen when he meets with political leaders at the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago next Friday, his spokesperson said today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33005&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Although melting glaciers, rising sea levels and polar bears may be the faces of climate change, women - who bear the brunt of global warming - are on the front lines of its ravages. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32999&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Photos of Kenyans planting trees and Moroccan women turning plastic bags into handbags today won a United Nations-backed eco-themed contest focused on Africa, which profiles ordinary people working to preserve the environment and reduce the effects of climate change in their communities. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32976&Cr=unep&Cr1= Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST More green energy and climate-friendly projects target Africa than ever before, but the numbers still lag behind Asia and Latin America, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32968&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged countries to seize the opportunity presented by next month's climate change conference in Copenhagen to clinch a political agreement that will help chart the way forward on a new legally binding pact to combat global warming. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32945&Cr=unep&Cr1= Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Governments that invest in natural resources and ecosystems are likely to yield stronger economic growth and higher rates of return, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report released today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32931&Cr=copenhagen&Cr1= Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly encouraged all heads of State and government to accept the invitation issued by Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen to attend the closing days of next month's United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32916&Cr=climate+change&Cr1= Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST It's no longer than a grain of rice. But the mountain pine beetle is an insidious environmental predator, laying waste to swathes of forest in north-western Canada and exposing the local ecosystem to what could be a devastating new front in the battle against climate change.