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, [...]
Deadly gas leak in India, grim wake-up call for global chemical industry: UN rights expert
Last week’s deadly toxic gas leak at a Korean-owned polymer [...]
UN sustainable energy project in Ukraine finds a new role: fighting COVID-19
A United Nations project to promote energy efficiency among Ukrainian [...]
Moving towards 100% renewable power (with a little help from sheep)
The US island state of Hawaii has committed to generating [...]
FROM THE FIELD: Women act as ‘agents of change’ in climate emergency
Women around the world can act as “agents of change” [...]
Parallel threats of COVID-19, climate change, require ‘brave, visionary and collaborative leadership’: UN chief
To combat the COVID-19 pandemic and the “looming existential threat [...]
Guterres vows support for island States in twin fight against COVID-19, climate crisis
In an era of new challenges wrought by the COVID-19 [...]
Fall in COVID-linked carbon emissions won’t halt climate change – UN weather agency chief
An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the [...]
FROM THE FIELD: ‘Green practices’ boost blue economy
The introduction of “green” or sustainable practices supported by the [...]
UN Chief Calls on Small Islands to Continue Pushing for Climate Action “Now is not the time for retreat”
UN Secretary-General António Guterres today addressed a forum of leaders from Small Island Developing State saying that even as the world remains focused on confronting the COVID-19 pandemic – the biggest test the world has faced since the Second World War, we must not lose focus on climate change.