UNEP's chief describes the summit as an opportunity to 'secure our life-support system, to make peace with nature.'
Delegates from 196 nations began meeting at a major U.N. summit in Montréal where organizers cast the stakes as a last chance for saving the planet's biodiversity – the variety of life in all of its forms.
The goal of the summit is to get the world back on track toward meeting its obligations in the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity. More than 10,000 participants are expected; ministers will arrive for talks in the second week.
A U.N. report estimates at least 25% of global dust emissions that scatter on land and ocean come from human activities.
Negotiators released new U.N. proposals to share revenues from drugs, cosmetics, and agricultural biotechnology.
A little known international organization is in charge of mediating U.S.-Mexico water sharing during a time of drought.
Building debris may take US$647 million and 15 years to clean up. Around 800,000 tons might qualify as hazardous waste.
The head of Freedom House called the shooting 'a grim and shocking blow to the American democratic process.'
As NATO summit host, the Biden administration sought to show unity for Ukraine and deflect concern about Trump.
A U.N. report estimates at least 25% of global dust emissions that scatter on land and ocean come from human activities.
Children's deaths from malnutrition and dehydration show that critical health and social structures have collapsed.
