UNHCR amplifies voices of displaced on frontlines of climate change
UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday launched the Refugees for Climate [...]
Coffee, tea and cocoa costs see global food import bill soaring past $2 trillion
The global food import bill is projected to exceed $2 [...]
COP29 climate talks: Major emitters must right ‘colossal injustice’ on island nations, says UN chief
COP29 talks in Baku on Wednesday turned to small island [...]
The Philippines brace for more storms amid devastating typhoon season
After enduring 12 typhoons this year, including two back-to-back storms [...]
COP29: Push for agreement on a new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’
Following another year of record-high global heat and extreme weather [...]
World News in Brief: Haiti latest, plastic tide in Samoa, Bakery boost in Ukraine, arbitrary detention in Mexico
The crisis in Haiti continues to deteriorate as violence escalates [...]
COP29: Deadly weather events show cost of climate inaction
Record-breaking floods in Spain, violent storms in Florida and wildfires [...]
Record heat persists as WMO calls for urgent services and investment boost
The world is experiencing unprecedented warming with 2024 poised to [...]
Adapt or perish: UN calls for urgent action at COP29 climate summit
Come hell or high water, nations must urgently scale up [...]
A city safe for women is safe for all: Women’s voices lead at World Urban Forum in Cairo
One of the main messages conveyed by women leaders, activists, [...]
Early warning systems critical as world marks Tsunami Awareness Day
As the world marked World Tsunami Awareness Day on Wednesday, [...]
Carbon markets could boost climate action in least developed countries
While carbon markets have played a limited role in boosting [...]
Deadly floods in Spain highlight need to cut greenhouse gas emissions
The record-breaking rainfall and deadly flash floods that hit Spain [...]
UN expert calls for action as Marshall Islands faces dual displacement crisis
An independent UN expert on Thursday called on the international [...]
‘Catastrophic’ hunger persists in multiple countries, warn food agencies
“Catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity” bordering on starvation are expected [...]
People want action on plastic pollution that’s choking us: Guterres
Countries gathered in Colombia to work on a treaty to [...]
At COP16, Guterres urges world to ‘choose wisely…make peace with nature’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called for decisive action [...]
Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023, warns UN weather agency
New data released by the UN on Monday indicating that [...]
UN official urges more ambitious, credible climate action plans
Proposed actions by countries to mitigate the worsening impacts of [...]
‘Climate crunch time is here,’ new UN report warns
Annual greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, and [...]