Guterres urges countries to ‘seize this historic opportunity’ as renewable energy use grows
With clean energy on the rise, the UN Secretary-General renewed [...]
‘The extraordinary power of ordinary people’: World leaders spotlight youth as agents of progress
Young people are at the heart of the world’s most [...]
Climate Summit 2025: The path to COP30
Floods in South Asia, wildfires across North America, and record-breaking [...]
Sinking islands, vanishing forests: World leaders call for urgent climate action
From the rainforests of Central America to low-lying atolls in [...]
New national climate plans unveiled at high-level summit ahead of COP30 conference
From accelerating the move to clean energy to planting acres [...]
Shipping faces ‘stormy seas’ as trade slows and costs rise
Global maritime trade is entering a period of fragile growth, [...]
UN ‘high seas’ treaty clears ratification threshold, to enter into force in January
A landmark UN treaty to safeguard marine biodiversity on the [...]
Healing the ozone layer: ‘Guided by science, united in action’
Every year on 16 September, the UN celebrates the international [...]
Afghanistan: Lifesaving services cut as Taliban bars women aid workers
The ongoing humanitarian response to the devastating Afghanistan earthquake disaster [...]
Afghanistan quake: ‘Communities are struggling with basic survival’
A senior UN aid coordination official in Afghanistan on Monday [...]
Local leadership powers Indonesia’s climate ambitions
In the heart of Indonesia’s vast tropical landscapes, the province [...]
UN chief hails ‘remarkable example’ of Papua New Guinea as he concludes historic trip
Speaking to journalists in the capital of Papua New Guinea [...]
World News in Brief: Afghanistan quake update, Guterres in Papua New Guinea, Ebola returns to DR Congo, UN condemns attack on peacekeepers in South Sudan
As the death toll from the Afghanistan earthquake disaster jumped [...]
Cooling La Niña could be back, but global temperatures set to rise: WMO
The cooling climate phenomenon known as La Niña could return [...]
Latin America and Caribbean: Millions more children could face poverty due to climate change
Climate change could push at least 5.9 million more children [...]
Pakistan floods leave villages cut off as monsoon devastation continues
Relentless monsoon rains continue to wreak havoc across Pakistan, leaving [...]
Putting water management at the centre of the climate change fight
Some 2.2 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely [...]
Momentum builds towards marine biodiversity treaty, as experts convene in New York
Delegates from around the world met at UN Headquarters in [...]
Monsoon floods kill more than 700 in Pakistan, with heavy rains set to continue
Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have killed at least [...]
Plastic pollution treaty talks adjourn, but countries want to ‘remain at the table’: UNEP chief
The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal [...]