New York, Mar 22 (JEN): United Nations officials on Friday called on countries to scale up efforts and resources devoted to forests, which provide countless economic and social benefits, as ...

New York, Mar 21 (JEN): Over the past 20 years, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has galvanized the world to seek multilateral solutions to the grave threat of clima ...

New York, Feb 22 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday hailed former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s efforts on the environment, adding that the leadership ...

New York, Dec 5 (JEN): Senior United Nations officials hailed the opening in the Republic of Korea Wednesday of the UN-backed Green Climate Fund as a significant step in the collective effo ...

New York, Dec 5 (JEN): A team from the United Nations nuclear watchdog Wednesday praised Japan for its efforts to decommission the damaged Fukushima power station, while noting that several ...

New York, Nov 22 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took his campaign to galvanise an urgent global response to climate change to the world’s cities Thursday , stressing t ...

New York, Nov 21 (JEN): The top United Nations official Wednesday called on foreign ministers to prioritize the environment in domestic politics and contribute to climate financing as a way ...

New York, Nov 20 (JEN): As diplomats and environment experts continue to work towards a global climate agreement in Poland, a United Nations-business forum is trying for the first time to un ...

New York, Nov 20 (JEN): The world need look no further than the catastrophe in the Philippines to comprehend the profound and dangerous consequences of a warming planet, United Nations Secre ...