New York, Jan 31 (JEN): Seeking to ensure that the world can feed a fast growing population, expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, the United Nations on Thursday published voluntary internat ...

New York, Jan 31 (JEN): Global warming is unequivocal, human influence has been the dominant cause since the mid-20th century, and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, already at ...

New York, Jan 30 (JEN): A senior United Nations official Wednesday stressed that agriculture is the engine of growth needed to eradicate hunger and boost food production in Africa, ahead of ...

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, Jan 24 (JEN): Former Vice-President of the United States and climate change activist Al Gore told participants at the 44th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting i ...

New York, Jan 25 (JEN): If demand for new land on which to grow food continues at the current rate, by 2050, high-end estimates are that area nearly the size of Brazil could be ruined, with ...

New York, Jan 23 (JEN): As the international community lays the groundwork for sustainable development goals after 2015, the United Nations environment agency on Wednesday backed a new websi ...

New York, Jan 16 (JEN): The top United Nations climate change official Wednesday urged investors to accelerate the greening of their portfolios as a crucial step towards a low-carbon econom ...

New York, Jan 11 (JEN): A United Nations-led campaign against the tsetse fly, which transmits a disease that devastates livestock, in the Niayes area near Senegal’s capital, Dakar, has ma ...

New York, Jan 9 (JEN): As United Nations-led talks on outlining the future global development agenda continue to progress, UN agency officials joined representatives of mountain countries a ...