Young Champions of the Earth: turning plastics into paving in Kenya
A Kenyan entrepreneur is being lauded by the UN for [...]
Young Champions of the Earth: mapping clean water in China
A mobile app which tells the inhabitants of rural China [...]
Planet-warming trend continues: 2020 closes hottest decade on record – UN weather agency
As 2020 draws to a close, it leaves in its [...]
World could lose coral reefs by end of century, UN environment report warns
Every one of the world’s coral reefs could bleach by [...]
Young Champions of the Earth: Indian’s burning desire for energy
An Indian engineer has been recognized by the United Nations [...]
LIVE: Climate Ambition Summit
Live coverage of the Climate Ambition Summit 2020, an important [...]
Hunger rising in mountain regions due to biodiversity loss, climate change
Although many of the world’s most important crops and livestock [...]
UN makes progress on ‘greening the blue’
In 2019, the UN system continued to make steady progress towards [...]
‘Green recovery’ from COVID-19 can slow climate change: UN environment report
Despite a brief dip in global carbon dioxide emissions as [...]
Developing countries raise climate ambitions to plot path out of pandemic
Developing countries are building more ambitious plans to tackle climate [...]
The race to zero emissions, and why the world depends on it
A host of countries have recently announced major commitments to [...]
Cut fossil fuels production to ward off ‘catastrophic’ warming: UN-backed report
Countries must decrease production of fossil fuels by 6 per [...]
Climate Action: It’s time to make peace with nature, UN chief urges
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has described the fight against [...]
Contribution of life in soil ‘remains largely underestimated’, says UN agriculture agency
Even though soil organisms play a crucial role in boosting food production, [...]
2020 may be third hottest year on record, world could hit climate change milestone by 2024
This year is on track to be one of the [...]
The Handmaid’s Tale: making a drama out of a crisis
The Handmaid’s Tale, an award-winning television series, may be about [...]
Carbon dioxide levels hit new record; COVID impact ‘a tiny blip’, WMO says
Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere hit a [...]
Climate crisis: ‘Nowhere near the finish line’ – UN chief
Pointing to its “pioneering legislation and policies”, on Thursday the [...]
UN warns of catastrophe as second hurricane in two weeks hits Central America
The United Nations warned on Tuesday of catastrophic consequences from [...]
Climate change: UN chief calls for ‘great leap’ towards carbon neutrality
As countries work to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, they also [...]