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Using the pandemic to 'rebuild our world'
Some good can come out from the pandemic if world leaders use it to "rebuild our world for the better" by investing in clean energy, the U.N. chief said.
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Some good can come out from the pandemic if world leaders use it to "rebuild our world for the better" by investing in clean energy, the U.N. chief said.
Governments could use energy transformations to create jobs, meet climate targets and produce GDP gains of US$98 trillion by 2050, according to a new report.
The coronavirus pandemic that has caused 47,000 deaths worldwide represents what officials call humanity's worst crisis since World War II.
Signs of global warming are everywhere, WMO said in a report that found the world officially crossed the halfway point to a major climate crisis benchmark.
Delegates from 111 nations at a U.N. conference in India met to protect migratory species and their habitats at a time when nature is nearing a breaking point.
Fears of a divided West challenged by China are a challenge and opportunity for multilateralism to show its worth, a three-day summit in Munich concluded.
U.S. President Donald Trump and 17-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg seemed to be talking about two entirely different planets at WEF in Davos.
WEF's annual compendium of the biggest risks on the planet, released to shape next week's gathering at Davos, overwhelmingly focuses on the climate crisis.
U.N. officials unveiled a sweeping plan to avert Earth's sixth mass extinction, proposing a global wildlife treaty on the scale of the Paris climate accord.
India raised living standards for 1.4 billion citizens by expanding access to cleaner energy sources but must do more for security and growth, IAEA said.
America's "Space Force," the military's first new branch in more than 70 years, could breach space law and prompt a U.S. withdrawal from yet another treaty.
A London-based trade association proposed creating an organization to run a US$5 billion research fund for eliminating carbon from global shipping.
The U.N. climate summit ended in Madrid without resolving how to put a price on carbon and only partial agreement on more ambition in cutting pollutants.
Ahead of its Davos meeting, the World Economic Forum released a mission statement for 21st century businesses to elevate the importance of doing good.
A new U.N. report cautions the world must begin cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 7.6% a year starting in 2020 to meet global targets.
France and China urged more global cooperation on climate, biodiversity and trade after the U.S. began withdrawing from the 2015 Paris Agreement.