The year 2009 is likely to rank in the top ten warmest on record since the beginning of recording climatic conditions in 1850 according to the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The landmark global conference on climate change is underway in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) opened its five-day session in Vienna on Monday.

No deal in Copenhagen means climate change will only increase the magnitude and the frequency of weather related disasters. Mother Nature is not waiting for a bureaucratic resolution and she does not accept compromises. UN Radio’s Donn Bobb looks at the impact of climate change, and how we got here.

Fifteen thousand people are expected to attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next week, making it the biggest meeting on climate ever held, according to the Director of the Secretary-General’s Climate Change Support Team.

International Volunteer Day, December 5th, this year recognizes the crucial importance of volunteers in addressing global warming.

Law enforcement officials from a dozen countries in Asia and from the Russian Federation received training on combating the poaching of wild tigers.

Four countries were declared free of landmines at the close of the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World. They are Albania, Greece, Rwanda and Zambia.