Environment/Science
New York, The findings of a new UN-backed report, released on Monday, showing the ongoing healing of the ozone layer, are being hailed as a demonstration of what global agreements can achieve, and an inspiration for more ambitious climate action to halt a catastrophic rise in world temperatures. more
Tackling climate change is ‘global responsibility of our time,’ Dominica Foreign Minister tells UN Assembly

New York, Climate change results from “an economic calculus” that pushes global destruction, Francine Baron, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Dominica told the United Nations A ...

UN’s Guterres on climate change: ‘We need to do more and we need to do it quicker’

New York,  As governments prepare to meet later this year for the next round of climate talks, Secretary-General António Guterres today underscored the need to speed up action ...

Climate change and multilateralism figure high on first day of UN General Assembly debate

New York,  If there was one issue that was a recurrent theme on Tuesday on the first day of the United Nations General Assembly's annual general debate, it was the potentially ca ...

‘Direct existential threat’ of climate change nears point of no return, warns UN chief

New York,  The world risks crossing the point of no return on climate change, with disastrous consequences for people across the planet and the natural systems that sustain them, the ...

Uneven progress on climate action at Bangkok conference

New York,  Climate change talks wrapped up in Bangkok today, leaving several issues still to be resolved.

Runaway climate change still “a real possibility”: UN Secretary-General

New York,  Greater ambition, urgency and action are needed if we are to prevent ever greater climate-related crises, said UN Chief Antonió Guterres on Wednesday, at the launch ...

UN agriculture agency digs in to help forests and farms build resilience to climate change

New York: Millions of small-scale farmers will be better equipped to withstand the negative impacts of climate change while at the same time improving livelihoods, thanks to a new global ...

Climate change: An 'existential threat' to humanity, UN chief warns global summit

New York, May 16 (IBNS): None of the world’s challenges loom as large as climate change, the United Nations chief told a major climate action summit on Tuesday, reiterating his beli ...

Climate change impacting fish reproduction in the Sundarbans: Study

Some of West Bengal’s most-loved fish may go off the menu, thanks to climate change in the Sundarbans.