Biodiversity summit poses call to act, decade of protections on line
UNEP's chief describes the summit as an opportunity to 'secure our life-support system, to make peace with nature.'
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UNEP's chief describes the summit as an opportunity to 'secure our life-support system, to make peace with nature.'
While many developing nations suffered droughts and floods, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted food supply lines.
The agreement restarts negotiations and clears the way for Chevron to resume pumping Venezuelan oil.
The 16-day campaign involves thousands of organizations in 187 nations and runs until Human Rights Day on Dec. 10.
Millions of vaccine doses a year and nearly a third of all food produced is lost or wasted, according to new estimates.
The U.N. proposed a system for reaching everyone on Earth with early warnings against extreme and dangerous weather.
With leadership under fire and a mix of crises, finance ministers and central bankers held World Bank meetings.
Indigenous communities have long coped with climate uncertainties. Researchers suggest tapping that knowledge.
With 50 million 'a step away from starvation,' humanitarian groups calculate a person dies of hunger every four seconds.
Reeling from pandemic setbacks, the world's largest disease-fighting fund sought money to work in more than 100 nations.
Entrenched racism, white nationalism, aggressive policing and xenophobia stifle the rights of Americans nationwide.
The report blames misinformation, conflicts and wars, lockdowns, supply chain disruptions and diverted resources.
The street renaming honors the journalist assassinated by the Saudis because of his writings about the repressive regime.
Assassination and unlawful deportations are some of the methods that regimes use against activists and dissidents.
In a climate change twist, the U.S. weather agency finds less air pollution can cause more hurricanes.
A UN report finds wildfires are burning longer and hotter, and will likely become more frequent in some areas.