Scientists seek global action on reactive nitrogen

‘Current lack of policy coherency risks nitrogen trade-offs, while failing to harvest synergies at local, regional and global scales’

Climate Emergency CoP 25: UN member states continue to default on payments

7.2 million euros outstanding till November 15, 2019

UN 2023 Water Conference ends with over 700 commitments to make world water-secure

The event was attended by 10,000 participants at the UN headquarter and online, a statment claimed

UN 2023 Water Conference: Humanity draining its own lifeblood through ‘vampiric overconsumption’, says Guterres

Humans have broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater, Antonio Guterres noted

COP27: Expert Group zeroes in on weak net zero targets; asks industries to speed up

Indian companies under scanner, prefer to play an wait-and-watch game

A climate change: An unstoppable movement takes hold

The United Nations Secretary-General writes on the most pressing world issue

‘The ship has reached the shore’: The planet finally has a treaty to protect life in the high seas

The high seas are areas of oceans that lies beyond countries’ national waters. These are the largest habitat on Earth and home to …

Humans treating nature like a toilet, UN chief says in Montreal

 Urges for bold Post-2020 Global Framework to tackle drivers of ‘biodiversity apocalypse’

‘Public Trust’— a key legal tool to preserve our natural resources

The government does not have the power to fully privatise resources that are crucial; those stay in trust for the people — and the …

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Protesters thrown out of venue for opposing slow progress in talks

Protesters have repeatedly pointed out the disconnect between the reality of climate change and the slow pace of negotiations without any …

Midway to 2030, climate change and extreme weather events threaten the achievement of SDGs, warns WMO

Just 15% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are on track; WMO advocates for investments for accelerating and scaling up weather, climate …

A year of war: Step back from the brink, Guterres urges at UN General Assembly special session on Ukraine

Some 20,000 civilians and many soldiers are dead and countless more injured, while eight million refugees have spread across Europe and beyond  

Africa needs climate action, says Guterres at Addis Ababa AU summit

UN Secretary-General calls on developed countries to provide a ‘tidal wave of support’ to Africa for helping a just energy …

Antonio Guterres to convene climate ambition summit in 2023; says 1.5-degree goal ‘gasping for breath’  

World still moving in the wrong direction on climate change, UN chief noted in his end-of-year address

African cities call for local climate action, adaptation finance

The Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa encourages local authorities to make a political commitment for access to energy, climate mitigation …

COP24: No time for limitless negotiations, says Guterres

At Katowice, United Nations chief warns of catastrophic changes to climate if Paris Agreement terms not implemented

Climate action is fight of our lives: UN head at SCO summit

Important role of SCO members in climate fight, says Guterres; brings up Climate Solidarity Pact, Acceleration Agenda

Loss and damage from climate crisis needs urgent intervention from rich countries: UN chief

Comments in light of Pakistan floods; Guterres urges G20 nations to up climate adaptation financing, emissions reduction targets

India removed from annual UN list of countries where children are impacted by armed conflict

India has taken measures to protect children, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the UN  

Developed countries received most from crisis funds, poorest got the least: UN chief

Guterres advocates for sustainable development goals simulus to give a boost to the poorest nations

Antonio Guterres unveils action agenda on Internal Displacement

The Action Agenda sets out 31 commitments by the UN system to better resolve, prevent and address internal displacement crises

World Meteorological Day: WMO to ensure global early warning systems coverage in 5 years

Early warning systems can be critical tools to reduce disaster risk and support climate adaptation, according to Guterres  

Turbulent times: How climate is altering major markers of planet Earth

As countries grapple with intense marine heat waves and stronger storms, the latest IPCC report says climate change has already altered our oceans,…

This year will be warmest in more than 170 years, WMO confirms in report launched at COP28

Libya Medicane, Cyclone Freddy, accelerating Antarctic sea ice loss and rising sea levels caused as due to intense warming in first 10 months of 2023

Russia, Ukraine reach landmark deal to resume Kyiv’s grain exports from Black Sea ports

The deal opens a path for significant volumes of commercial food exports from three key Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea namely Odesa, …