Environment/Science

Climate Change

UN agency launches appeal to protect Palestinian refugees from winter’s weather

New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Without international support, thousands of Palestinian refugees could be left in the cold this winter, a United Nations aid agency warned on Tuesday, launching a $2-million ‘Share Your Warmth’ appeal to stave off the rigours of the bitter weather many now face. more

COP21: Ban launches initiative to build climate resilience of vulnerable countries

New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): On the opening day of the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), dozens of announcements were made in Paris by Governments and leaders of t ...

UN agencies weigh in on climate change impacts ahead of Paris conference

New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): In the weeks leading up to the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), which begins in Paris on Monday and aims to reach a new universal cl ...

Ban takes call for action on climate change to Commonwealth summit in Malta

New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took his call for urgent action on climate change to the Heads of Government of the 53-nation, 2.2-billi ...

Surge in climate change-related disasters poses growing threat to food security: UN

New York, Nov 27 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Droughts, floods, storms and other disasters triggered by climate change have risen in frequency and severity over the last three decades, increasing ...

Nairobi: Pope Francis calls for strong climate agreement during visit to UN office

New York, Nov 27 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Pope Francis on Thursday called on world leaders to seal a strong agreement at the upcoming UN climate change conference (COP21), stating that transf ...

UN guidelines seek to make genetic diversity part of climate change adaptation

New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With the United Nations climate change conference in Paris just days away, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has issued new voluntary g ...

Ban tells world why he cares ‘so deeply’ about climate change

New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Reminding the world that the sooner action is taken to tackle climate change, the greater the benefits for all, United Nations Secretary-General Ban ...

Children will bear the brunt of climate change: UNICEF report

New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): More than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought severity zones, leaving them hig ...

UN report finds 90 per cent of disasters are weather-related

New York, Nov 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A new report issued on Monday by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) shows that over the last 20 years, 90 per cent of maj ...