
Nations' plans for cutting carbon emissions are dangerously off-track
Global greenhouse gas emissions, rather than fall, rose in 2017 by 0.7 gigatons to 53.5 gigatons, after three years of decreases.
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Global greenhouse gas emissions, rather than fall, rose in 2017 by 0.7 gigatons to 53.5 gigatons, after three years of decreases.
The Financial Stability Board monitors and recommends ways of strengthening the world's financial architecture.
Justices are deciding if the World Bank's financial lending arm has the same immunity as nations, which could alter the amount of protection — and independence from courts — that staff are given at organizations operating under U.S. laws.
Even in international Switzerland, a third of all voters preferred to put 'Swiss law first' ahead of global cooperation.
As social media proliferates, the U.N. human rights chief and UNICEF are generating thousands of engagements on Twitter.
Precipitated by unrestrained nationalism, the immense tragedy of a global war led to the modern era's institutions.
A routine examination by the U.N. Human Rights Council looked at Chinese crackdowns on Uyghurs and Tibetans.
As demands grow for a U.N. probe of Khashoggi's murder, an Arete News review finds just eight previous such orders.
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi overshadowed the U.N. examination of Saudi Arabia's troubled human rights record.
One of the hottest pursuits in particle physics is the search for clues about dark matter, an unobservable theoretical material.
As much as 91% of the world's population breathes unhealthy air, which is why it's the focus of a global health conference.
The action came days after the Trump administration said it intends to withdraw from the 144-year-old organization.
Protesters urged more attention to global weapons sales in the wake of a journalist's murder in a Saudi consulate at Istanbul.
At least 45 governments, businesses and organizations endorse a 26-point pledge for preventing corruption.
The Trump administration announced plans to withdraw the United States from the INF Treaty of 1987, and blamed Russia.
The U.S. envoy to the U.N. will depart at the end of 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump announced without explaining why.