First person: COVID-19 is not a silver lining for the climate, says UN Environment chief
Greenhouse gas emissions are down and air quality has gone [...]
Key COP26 climate summit postponed to ‘safeguard lives’
With no end in sight to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, [...]
COVID-19 effect casts cloud over weather alert accuracy: UN sky watchers
UN weather experts warned on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic [...]
COP26 Postponed
The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19. Dates for a rescheduled conference in 2021, hosted in Glasgow by the UK in partnership with Italy, will be set out in due course following further discussion with parties.
First Person: Humankind’s ‘modern mentality to tame’ the environment: A volcanologist’s view
The 17 goals agreed by the global community to reduce [...]
World Water Day: Often overlooked, water resources are essential part of solution to climate change
On World Water Day, the United Nations launched a flagship [...]
‘Count every drop, every drop counts’: UN weather agency calls for better water data on World Meteorological Day
Floods, extreme rainfall, droughts and melting glaciers…many of the major [...]
FIRST PERSON: The ‘inseparable bond’ between Hawaiian culture and native plants
The 17 goals agreed by the global community to reduce [...]
Turn around deforestation in 2020, the ‘Nature Super Year’, says Guterres
On the International Day of Forests, which falls on Saturday, [...]
Blueprint launched to manage Earth’s fragile peatland carbon sinks
A blueprint for how countries can keep carbon in fragile [...]
New report from UN Economic Commission for Europe measures progress on global goals
As all eyes, hearts and minds focus on the COVID-19 [...]
Many Mozambicans still struggling to get back on their feet, one year after cyclone
Many of the people who lost everything when Cyclone Idai [...]
Climate change: educating students to fight the crisis
With the latest UN climate report containing worrying evidence that [...]
Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea and in the atmosphere
A wide-ranging UN climate report, released on Tuesday, shows that [...]
Warmer months ahead for many parts of the planet: UN weather agency
Many parts of the world can expect above average temperatures [...]
More funding needed to combat locust swarms ‘unprecedented in modern times’
Along with climate shocks, conflict and acute food insecurity, the [...]
Climate change takes toll on Zimbabwe’s natural habitat, UN deputy chief observes
Alongside the human population, Africa’s animals are suffering greatly from [...]
Ten new migratory species protected under global wildlife agreement
Asian elephants, jaguars and great Indian bustards were among 10 [...]
Protecting migratory species in a rapidly changing world
Many animals – including birds, fish and mammals – migrate along set routes in [...]
In Pakistan, Guterres urges world to step up climate action, praises support to Afghan refugees
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday began a three-day visit [...]