Mobile game aims to bridge gap between citizens and leaders on climate action
Millions of people worldwide will get to share their views on climate action through [...]
Climate crisis: Antarctic continent posts record temperature reading of 18.3°C
Fresh fears of accelerating damage to the planet’s ice sheets [...]
2020: the year for action, to ‘rise up’ and safeguard ocean life
With the ocean in deep crisis, members of civil society and philanthropic organisations [...]
Climate action ‘both a priority and a driver of the decade’: Guterres
Climate action will be both a priority and a driver [...]
Ocean Conference has potential to be a ‘global game-changer’
The second global Ocean Conference taking place in Portugal in [...]
Suriname’s climate promise, for a sustainable future
Suriname has become the second nation globally to outline updated [...]
‘Green economy’ pioneer Pavan Sukhdev wins 2020 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Renowned environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev was awarded on Monday the 2020 Tyler [...]
India: Climate emergency message resonates at world’s largest literature festival – UN News special report from Jaipur
Against the backdrop of India’s famed “pink city” of Jaipur, [...]
FROM THE FIELD: Sourcing clean water in Ghana
Communities in northern Ghana are benefiting from the rehabilitation of water sources which is [...]
UN human rights ruling could boost climate change asylum claims
The UN Human Rights Committee has determined that countries cannot deport [...]
FROM THE FIELD: Niger supporting the most vulnerable, as crises mount
The number of people requiring humanitarian assistance in Niger, a country which [...]
At Davos, UN chief urges ‘big emitters’ to take climate action
The world is “doomed” in the face of climate change [...]
UN chief outlines solutions to defeat ‘four horsemen’ threatening our global future
The start of the New Year finds the world facing [...]
FROM THE FIELD: Weeding out Mexico’s unwanted beach invader
An invasive species of seaweed which has blighted tourist beaches in Mexico has become [...]
East Africa locusts threaten food insecurity across subregion, alerts UN agriculture agency
Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are dealing with desert locust swarms [...]
Capacity of cities to tackle climate change key in ‘crucial battle’ for planet’s preservation, says UN chief
Cities – hubs of creativity and new ideas – can provide solutions to resolve humanity’s “suicide [...]
Climate crisis ‘affecting quality of life and fuelling discontent’
The climate crisis, as well as persistently high inequalities, and [...]
2019 second hottest year on record, UN confirms
Last year was the second warmest year on record, the [...]
Inaction over climate emergency ‘not an option’ says UN Assembly chief
Inaction when it comes to the fight back against damaging [...]
Stop escalation, urges UN chief, as geopolitical tensions reach ‘highest level this century’
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on world leaders to [...]