New York: Amplified by wildfires and desert dust fanned by climate change, more frequent heatwaves are leading to a sharp drop in air quality and human health, the World Meteorological Or ...
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 ...
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued new guidance on Monday that calls for governments to take action to protect boys and girls in the face of the deepening climate crisis. ...
A top UN official has warned that the world might face a major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target.
New York: Global heating is a burning human rights issue, as extreme weather and climate disasters threaten humanity’s universal right to food, UN rights chief Volker Türk said ...
New York: An independent UN-appointed climate expert on Tuesday called for full legal protection to be given to those displaced by the impacts of climate change, to guarantee their human ...
New York: As international negotiators committed to hammering out a draft treaty by November on ending plastic pollution, the UN chief stressed in his message for World Environment Day on ...
New York: The UN 2023 Water Conference closed on Friday with the adoption of the Water Action Agenda, a “milestone” action plan containing almost 700 commitments to protect &l ...
New York: A major UN “report of reports” from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), outlines the many options that can be taken now, to reduce gr ...
- Window to reach climate goals ‘rapidly closing’, UN report warns
- 'Climate breakdown' alert as air quality dips during heatwaves: UN chief
- UN expert urges international support for The Bahamas amid climate crisis
- New UN guidance affirms children’s right to a clean, healthy environment
- UN expert warns global heating may disrupt food supply even before 1.5C temperature rise is reached
