The World of International Organizations
Melting glaciers. Rising sea levels. Wildfires. Food shortages. Mass death of coral reefs and widespread species extinctions. Every other issue is secondary: By 2040, our planet will be in serious trouble due to global warming, says a Nobel Prize-winning U.N. panel of experts. Responding to the challenge will require a transformation unprecedented in human history.
January 22, 2021
Most of the world’s population by mid-century will face risks living downstream from tens of thousands of aging concrete dams, says a U.N. University report.
January 20, 2021
Moves to rejoin WHO and the Paris climate treaty were among a burst of immediate directives issued by U.S. President Joe Biden upon taking office.
January 11, 2021
A top counterrorism official advised the U.N. Security Council that terrorists are exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to fuel violent extremism.
December 12, 2020
World leaders honored five years of the 2015 Paris Agreement at a virtual summit energized by U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s vow to rejoin it.
December 9, 2020
Unmet promises to cut carbon emissions put the planet on track for temperatures to rise “in excess of 3 degrees Celsius this century,” UNEP reported.
December 2, 2020
The U.N. chief appealed to world leaders to start fixing our “broken” planet by ringing in 2021 with a commitment to a carbon pollution-neutral future.
December 2, 2020
Climate change is damaging one-third of the world’s UNESCO sites and has become the single-biggest threat they face, IUCN warned.
November 23, 2020
(AN) — Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reached a record high in 2019 and are expected to keep rising this year despite an economic slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. weather agency said on Monday.
November 17, 2020
None of the 20 nations most vulnerable to climate change were among the top recipients of aid to help adapt to global warming, IFRC reported.
November 9, 2020
(AN) — The United Nations’ top official for global climate action said on Monday that 65 percent of the world body’s 193 member nations, up from 40 percent last year, will seek net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
