Environment/Science

Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea and in the atmosphere

New York : A wide-ranging UN climate report, released on Tuesday, shows that climate change is having a major effect on all aspects of the environment, as well as on the health and wellbeing of the global population. more

Conflicts and extreme climate change threatens access to food in 39 countries – UN agriculture report

New York, Unrelenting conflict and rapid climate change is continuing to reshape agriculture across the world, and contributing to major food shortages across 39 countries, which co ...

Climate change will lead to annual coral bleaching, UN-supported study predicts

New York, Jan 6 (Just Earth News): If current trends continue and the world fails to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all of the world's coral reefs will suffer severe bleaching – t ...

Faith leaders urge rapid ratification of Paris Agreement on climate change

New Delhi, April 18 (Just Earth News / IBNS) Four days before the signing of the historic Paris Agreement, The Interfaith Climate Change Statement has been signed by 250 global faith leader ...

Ban welcomes joint China-US pledge to sign Paris climate accord in April

New York, Apr 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the joint presidential statement on climate change by China and the United States announcin ...

Climate change poses ‘major threat’ to food security, warns UN expert

New York, Nov 4 (JEN): Climate change poses severe and distinct threats to food security, and could subject an additional 600 million people to malnutrition by 2080, a United Nations human r ...

‘We have to move from climate change to climate action,’ Pharrell Williams says at UN event

New York, Mar 21 (JEN) Singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams and environmental advocates Philippe Cousteau and Sylvia Earle joined local students at an event held at United Nations Headquarter ...

Climate Change to drastically change the face of the Bay of Bengal: Experts

Kolkata, Mar 12 (JEN): The Bay of Bengal region would undergo a dire and drastic transformation unless urgent action is taken to deal with the disastrous effects of global warming, warned cl ...

Climate change threatens self-determination of citizens in island States

New York, Mar 7 (JEN): In the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday, senior UN officials joined high-level delegates from Pacific Island States that are on the frontline of the globa ...

In India, UN chief commends country’s leadership on climate change

New York, Jan 14 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday before departing India met with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar t ...