Environment/Science
Climate Change
New York, Sept 9 (JEN): “The clock is ticking” for Hurricane Dorian survivors in the Bahamas to receive humanitarian assistance, the top United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official in the region said on Sunday. more
Mitigating climate change in Asia-Pacific could give region an economic boost

New York, Sept 7(JEN): The urgent need to move towards a low carbon economy and build resilience, would not only mitigate the worst impacts of climate change in the Asia-Pacific, but also ...

Activist Greta Thunberg gets preview of UNHQ ahead of climate summit

New York, Aug 31: Two days after disembarking from her carbon-free yacht in New York, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg paid a visit to UN Headquarters on Friday, after joining partici ...

A dangerously hot climate, simmering political tensions: ‘This is not the summer of our youth,’ UN chief warns

New York, Aug 2 (JEN): Global warming and rising political tensions are dangerous and avoidable, Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters on Thursday, previewing the UN&rs ...

Conflict, climate change among factors that increase ‘desperation that enables human trafficking to flourish’, says UN chief

New York, July 31 (JEN): To mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed that “human trafficking is a hei ...

June 2019 was hottest month ever on record: European satellite agency

London: Summer has barely begun, but temperature records are already being broken. Data released today show that the European-average temperature for June 2019 was higher than for any oth ...

More dry years ahead for South-East Asia, reveals new UN-ASEAN study

Mandalay, Apr 24 (JEN) – Future scenarios of drought in many parts of South-East Asia may become even more frequent and intense if actions are not taken now to build resilience, acc ...

UN announces roadmap to Climate Summit in 2019, a ‘critical year’ for climate action

New York: 2019 is a critical year, the “last chance” for the international community to take effective action on climate change, General Assembly President Maria Espinosa said ...

WEF: Swedish teen travels 32 hours in train, sleeps in -18 to highlight climate change to global leaders

Davos: With an intention of attracting the attention of global leaders and business tycoons, who have assembled at the Swiss city of Davos, to the issue of climate change, a teen social a ...

Greenland ice melting rapidly, study finds

New York: Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought—and will likely lead to faster sea level rise—thanks to the continued, accelerating warming of the Ear ...