The treaty aims to strengthen protections for international waters beyond the jurisdiction of coastal nations.
UNITED NATIONS (AN) — The United Nations leaned on star power to launch a renewed push for a legally binding global treaty in 2020 that would promote conservation and sustainable uses of high seas covering almost half the planet.
Governments began negotiating the first draft text of a global ocean treaty at U.N. headquarters in New York during Monday's opening of the third session of an intergovernmental conference that runs through August 30.
Urgent early warning systems and urban heat protections are needed with extreme heat events becoming more frequent.
A new report from the U.N. weather agency shows Asia has been heating up nearly twice as fast as the global average.
Much of the financial angst this year was caused by the absence and impending withdrawal of the United States.
The head of the International Peace Institute praised the treaty negotiators for their 'amazing' critical problem-solving.
Despite blocking IAEA inspectors from tracking uranium enrichment, Tehran says diplomatic channels remain open.
Leaders pushed for better financial systems at only the fourth U.N. conference on development financing held since 2002.
Beyond official narratives and statistics are the complex realities and unexpected agency of displaced populations.
Urgent early warning systems and urban heat protections are needed with extreme heat events becoming more frequent.
