Environment/Science

At UN, Slovak President warns against leaders caring more about retaining power than improving lives

New York, Sept 21 (Just Earth News): Addressing the United Nations General Assembly’s general debate on Tuesday, Andrej Kiska, the President of Slovakia, warned that there is “a real danger” spreading again – the rise of nationalism, extremism, racism and bigotry in many parts of the world. more

UN agricultural agency and USAID sign agreement to boost developing countries’ ability to track key data

New York, Sept 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations agricultural agency on Wednesday signed a $15 million agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) t ...

UN agriculture chief stresses role of healthy oceans as drivers of Africa’s prosperity

New York, Sept 2 (Just Earth News): Addressing an African ministerial conference, the head of the United Nations agricultural agency on Thursday stressed the need to mitigate the impacts of ...

INTERVIEW: "Climate change is really about the wellbeing of people"

New York, Aug 17 (Just Earth News): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Patricia Espinosa as the new Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in M ...

UN combats spread of cattle disease in Europe through early-detection training

New York, Aug 15 (Just Earth News):The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today started a programme to train European laboratory staff on how to use nuclear-derived techniques to dete ...