Rising global temperature shows ‘enormous challenge’ of meeting climate goal
Annual global temperature is likely to be at least 1°C [...]
Youth activist speaks up for environmental protection at Human Rights Council
At the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, a teenager [...]
First Person: looking to the skies to understand the climate crisis
Could studying the cosmos help us to fight the climate [...]
Negative impacts of electric car battery production must be urgently addressed: UN trade agency
Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric [...]
What will power the post-pandemic global economic recovery?
As governments try to kick-start their economies, the UN is [...]
Extraordinary ‘megaflash’ lightening strikes cover several hundred kilometres, smashing records
New records for extreme lightning bursts, or ‘megaflashes’, during 2019, [...]
First Person: Innovation brewing at Hawaii coffee farm
Innovation and experimentation are helping a coffee farm in the [...]
FROM THE FIELD: Adapting to Lesotho’s changing climate
Living in the African mountain kingdom of Lesotho comes with [...]
‘New contract’ needed with nature to keep drought and deserts at bay
The UN Secretary-General has called for “a new contract for [...]
Throughout COVID-19 recovery, ‘plummeting’ clean energy costs can help climate action
As COVID-19 hits the fossil fuel industry, a new UN [...]
FROM THE FIELD: Pacific islanders confront twin threats of climate change and coronavirus
People living on an isolated island community in the Pacific [...]
Solidarity is the world’s ‘best line of defence’: UN General Assembly president
Back in September, the world committed to a landmark political [...]
Bringing the coral reefs back to life
Coral reefs are being killed by the climate crisis, which [...]
First Person: Collecting the ‘Book of Life’ for coral reefs
With the climate crisis threatening coral reefs around the world, [...]
Protect the environment, prevent pandemics, ‘nature is sending us a clear message’
On this year’s World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5, [...]
‘Dogged pragmatism’ needed to save Ocean: UN Special Envoy
‘Dogged pragmatism’ is needed to save the Ocean as the [...]
Shrinking forests need bold action to safeguard their biodiversity
Amidst alarming rates of deforestation and land degradation, urgent action [...]
FROM THE FIELD: Nature ‘strongest ally’ to building sustainable planet
Nature is humankind’s ‘strongest ally’ to help build a sustainable [...]
EMBARGOED until 19 May, 00:01 CET: Over 150 global corporations urge world leaders for net-zero recovery from COVID-19
Press release: Under strict embargo until 00:01 CET, 19 May [...]
Cultivating a taste for traditional crops in Hawaii
Hundreds of millions of people go hungry around the world, [...]