Minister and oil executive defends UAE hosting U.N. climate summit
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber insists the world's seventh largest oil producer sees the 1.5° climate goal as its "North Star."
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Reprisals against human rights defenders cited among 42 nations
A new report's evidence of threats and retaliation extends to 12 of the U.N. Human Rights Council's 47 member nations.
Clean energy buoys odds for Paris Agreement's preferred 1.5° limit
In 2015, nations committed to hold global warming to no more than 2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels, or preferably 1.5°.
U.N. panel cites Russian war crimes and possible genocide in Ukraine
The panel said it found evidence of human rights abuses on both sides, but those by Russia far outweigh those by Ukraine.
Negotiations for a pandemic treaty gain ground in political declaration
The U.N. health agency praised world leaders for a 'historic' commitment to working together against future pandemics.
Ukraine's president warns Russian 'mass destruction' threatens world
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Joe Biden each took the stage at the U.N. General Assembly to emphasize there are global stakes in the outcome of the war.
Most of U.N.'s most powerful members to skip high-level meeting
Despite the absences, the politics of catastrophe and climate inaction toward Earth's impaired health await the assembly's annual gathering of world leaders next week in New York.
WSJ seeks U.N. working group opinion to free Evan Gershkovich
Dow Jones’ lawyers want the working group to use its mandate from the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva to investigate the reporter's highly politicized case.
OPEC and IEA chief at odds over global demand for oil, gas and coal
Oil producers took issue with a prediction by the energy agency's chief that demand for fossil fuels will peak by 2030.
WFP warns funding shortfall will push millions to 'brink of starvation'
Its new analysis shows each 1% cut in aid to its $5.2 billion annual budget could push 400,000 people toward starvation.
ICRC financial crisis grows with more job cuts as funding shrinks
Funding for humanitarian aid has been getting hard to find amid global economic pressures, but the needs are soaring.
U.N. expert points to systematic Russian torture of Ukrainians
At the end of a weeklong visit, the U.N. investigator's findings of an orchestrated state policy contradict Moscow’s denials.
UNESCO recommends 13 years as minimum age for AI use in schools
The U.N. agency's first global guidance urges governments to quickly regulate generative AI in education and research.
Erdoğan shows confidence Russia will rejoin Black Sea grain deal
Putin says Russia won't rejoin until the West meets its demands to ease shipping of Russian agricultural exports.
Leaked audio indicates U.N. climate summit host will try to limit scrutiny
In the recording, UAE officials anticipate a need to "minimize" attacks on the Gulf nation's human rights record when it hosts COP28 in Dubai later this year.
Putin and Erdoğan to meet over grain deal as U.N. bids to revive it
Talks are planned for Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi almost two months since Russia pulled out of the U.N.-brokered deal.