Environment/Science
Climate Change
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 effort to support mitigation, adaptation and resilience measures in developing countries. more
Japan to decommission damaged nuclear plant: UN

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 ...

Ban stresses role of cities in mitigating impact of climate change

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 ...

Climate finance essential to address climate change: Ban

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 ...

UN links private, public partnerships for climate change solutions

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 ...

Ban urges climate negotiators to reach global deal

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 ...

Ban cites Haiyan as wake-up call for climate control efforts

New York, Nov 19 (JEN): Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the Philippines a week ago, is a wake-up call for the international community to speed up efforts to fight climate change, United Nat ...

UN urges coal industry to diversify amid climate change

New York, Nov 19 (JEN): The coal industry must radically transform and diversify to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, a senior United Nations official said Monday at a meeting in Po ...

UN urges commitments to tackle climate change

New York, Nov 16 (JEN): A United Nations independent expert Friday called on Governments at a conference in Warsaw, Poland, to make concrete funding commitments to tackle the effects of cli ...

Climate change deal in Warsaw vital for small farmers: UN

New York, Nov 9 (JEN): With diplomats set to gather in Warsaw next week to pick up negotiations on a binding climate deal, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) stresse ...