Environment/Science
A top Bhutanese official has urged the world to take immediate and robust global action to address the escalating climate crisis. more
UN expert urges international support for The Bahamas amid climate crisis

A UN-appointed human rights expert on Friday urged the international community to increase assistance to The Bahamas and other small island States that face elevated threats from natural ...

Climate crisis and migration: Greta Thunberg supports IOM over ‘life and death’ issue

New York: The head of the UN migration agency IOM, and leading climate justice activist, Greta Thunberg, called on Friday for immediate action to help tackle the impacts of climate change ...

Africa: Response to climate crisis doesn’t match ‘magnitude of the challenge’

New York: African States are on the front line of the climate crisis, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, but far more action is needed to turn the tide on rising ...

UN chief warns against ‘sleepwalking to climate catastrophe’

New York: The goal to limit future warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, highlighted in the Paris Agreement on climate change, and driven home in last November’s COP26, gathering in ...

Climate crisis and economic shocks leave millions food insecure across Central America

New York: Reporting that hunger has increased almost fourfold in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua in the past two years, the World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday warned tha ...

Climate litigation spikes, giving courts an ‘essential role’ in addressing climate crisis

New York: A rise in climate litigation cases has made courtrooms increasingly important as a venue for addressing climate change around the world, according to a report released on Tuesda ...

COP25: ‘Signals of hope’ multiplying in face of global climate crisis, insists UN chief Guterres

New York: The UN Secretary-General has outlined the “increased ambition and commitment” that the world needs from governments during the coming days of the COP25 UN climate ch ...

UN staff support youth-driven global action on climate crisis

New York: Staff at UN Headquarters in New York joined untold numbers of students, scientists, organized labour, and everyday people worldwide, who took to the streets on Friday, demanding ...

UN Youth envoy launches coding competition to help solve climate crisis and ‘Reboot the Earth’

New York, July 23 (IBNS): Can young coders help solve the climate crisis? The UN’s Youth Envoy launched a global competition earlier this month, “Reboot The Earth”, in c ...