Charting a path for global action on land and drought
The largest and most inclusive UN land conference wrapped up [...]
Lime-flavoured memories drive innovation on Saudi farm
Farmers in Saudi Arabia are being encouraged to adopt new [...]
Six bold environmental leaders named 2024 Champions of the Earth
Brazil’s first-ever Minister of Indigenous Peoples and an initiative promoting [...]
Holding the front line against desertification
Some one billion people globally under the age of 25 [...]
‘No life without land’, says campaigning athlete at UN desertification meeting
There can be “no life without healthy land as we [...]
The ‘slow onset, silent killer’: Droughts explained
Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a [...]
Global response to drought takes center stage at UN land conference in Riyadh
Negotiations on a global drought regime are set to dominate the 16thConference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16) as 197 Parties gather to address one of the world’s deadliest and costliest disasters. The conference opened on Monday, 2 December with major political and financial commitments to strengthen drought resilience worldwide.
Landmark climate change hearings represent largest ever case before UN world court
A record number of oral statements are expected to be [...]
Live updates: UN tackles desertification, drought and land restoration
People around the world are facing devastating consequences as the [...]
Plastic pollution treaty negotiations adjourn in Busan, to resume next year
Countries negotiating a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution concluded [...]
What’s desertification? Experts hopeful devastating trend can be reversed
An area the size of Egypt, around 100 million hectares, [...]
Devastating 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends, marked by record-setting storms
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially concludes this weekend, leaving [...]
Talks begin in South Korea to clinch ‘essential’ deal on plastics pollution
Talks began in Busan, South Korea, on Monday aiming to [...]
COP29 climate talks conclude with $300 billion annual pledge, but developing nations call deal ‘an insult’
Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually [...]
Preparing for climate chaos in Timor-Leste, one of the world’s most vulnerable nations
Timor-Leste, a young island nation in Southeast Asia, is particularly [...]
COP29 draft deal proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion in climate finance
A new draft finance deal delivered to harried negotiators in [...]
Global plastics treaty: UN experts call for centrality of human rights
Independent UN human rights experts said on Thursday that the [...]
Children face unprecedented challenges by 2050, UNICEF report warns
The future of childhood ‘hangs in the balance’ as three [...]
New UN initiative aims to counter climate disinformation
As the dangers posed by climate change become increasingly evident [...]
‘Breaking point’ reached on climate, while ‘outdated’ global system needs urgent reform: Guterres
In a powerful appeal to the world’s largest economies during [...]