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Nature and the Environment: How Can the UN Improve Its Work on the Environment?

APEX, North Carolina / SAN FRANCISCO, California / VIENNA, Austria / SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom / GENEVA, Switzerland, September 22 (IPS) - In March 2025, United Nations Secretary-...

Africa: UN Recognizes Restoration Initiative Feeding 4 Million Across the Sahel

[UNEP] Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia -- A major revival of degraded land across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger was recognized today by the UN as one of three new World Rest...

World on Track to Breach 1.5°C Warming Limit: UNEP

The world is likely to breach the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C warming threshold within the next few years, according to the UN Environment Programme, raising the likelihood of severe c...

ASHRAE and UNEP renew environmental agreement

USA: ASHRAE and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have renewed their longstanding memorandum of understanding to advance sustainable refrigeration and air conditionin...

EA participates in ministerial meeting in Cairo

CAIRO: The Environment Authority on thursday took part in the 37th Ministerial Meeting of the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment.Held at the Secretariat Gene...

CBD COP17: UNDP, UNICEF launch campaign to promote green careers among young people

UNDP and UNICEF have launched a global campaign to help young people explore career opportunities and build skills for a sustainable, nature-positive, low-carbon future. The initia...

UN calls for coordinated action to tackle air pollution and climate change

The UN announced on Monday that addressing air pollution and climate change concurrently can save lives, reduce global warming, and generate around $15 in economic benefit for ever...

World falling 'dangerously short' on climate action: UN chief

Global commitments to cut planet-heating emissions are falling far short of the Paris climate goals and put the world on course for 2.6C warming this century, the UN warned Wednesd...

Africa: UN Warns World Is Heading Past 1.5°c, but Window to Reverse Warming Remains

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The world is now on course to overshoot the 1.5°C climate threshold within the next few years, with even the most optimistic scenario projecting warming to...

UAE showcases global leadership in land stewardship, climate finance, water security at UNCCD COP17 in Mongolia

ULAANBAATAR, 26th August, 2026 (WAM) -- Dr. Amna bint Abdullah Al Dahak, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, led a UAE delegation to participate in the seventeenth session...

UNEP report: ‘Govt is driving us off a cliff’ on climate crisis

A UN report reveals that the world is set to exceed 1.5 degrees of global warming, as Greenpeace condemns the NZ Govt for pouring fuel on the climate fire. The post UNEP report: ‘G...

UN: Tackling air pollution and climate crisis could boost global economy by 4.5 per cent by 2050

Finance ministries and investors that address climate and air quality as separate issues are leaving 'trillions on the table', UNEP and CCAC study warns

UN Finds 15-to-1 Return on Clean Air and Climate

UN makes the economic case for clean air Coordinated action on climate change and air pollution could produce returns far beyond the cost of implementation, according to a new glob...

UN expert calls for the adoption of preventive measures to tackle environmental toxic pollution

UN Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, Bethanie Carney Almroth, on Wednesday called for targe...

UN issues call to action on world's vital dryland forests

The United Nations is issuing an urgent call to action on the world’s dryland forests - areas that sustain the food security and cultural identity of more than two billion people.

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UN experts say food waste is driving up global greenhouse gas emissions

The UN Environment Programme says food loss and waste generate an estimated 8 to 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

UNDP Ocean Innovation Challenge 2026: Apply for Up to US$100,000 to Reduce Marine Pollution and Restore Coastal Ecosyste...

Overview of the UNDP Ocean Innovation Challenge 5th Call The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through the Ocean Innovation Challenge (OIC), has opened its fifth call fo...

Tanzania targets $41 million in global environment funding

Tanzania is targeting $41.06 million in funding under the ninth replenishment cycle of the Global Environment Facility (GEF-9) to support environmental conservation and climate cha...

UN: World now all but certain to 'overshoot' critical 1.5C global warming threshold

UNEP sets out 'best-case' scenario of 1.8C for global average temperature rise, but maintains world can still limit, adapt to, and eventually reduce warming to or below 1.5C thresh...

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

Nepal floods should mobilise climate action - UN

Nepal's flood disaster and Europe's wildfires should turn attention to the cost of climate change, the head of the world's biggest climate fund said in an interview.

World in extreme weather 'danger zone': UN chief

 The "supersized" El Nino phenomenon, which is set to peak later this year, is plunging the planet into an extreme weather "danger zone", UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Thursday....

Overshoot of Paris Agreement and the Looming Super El Niño Drive Urgent Calls for Global Climate Action at UNGA 81

UNITED NATIONS, September 29 (IPS) - On September 23, the United Nations held its 2026 Climate Summit as part of the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the General Assembly (U...