Environment/Science

Climate Change

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 transforming current development models is a "political and economic obligation", as he visited the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya. more

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 ...

COP21 must be turning point to a low-emission, climate-resilient future: UN official

New York, Nov 21 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations climate change conference, widely known asCOP21 must be the turning point towards a low-emission, climate-resilient future, the to ...

Ahead of UN conference, Reykjavik and businesses sign declaration on climate change

New York, Nov 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Ahead of the UN climate change conference starting on 30 November, a declaration on climate issues has been signed in Iceland by the city of Reykjavi ...

UN stresses key role of water management in tackling challenges of climate change

New York, Nov 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted a meeting on the links between water management and disaster risk reduction today, stressing ...

India, UK agree to partnership on energy and climate change

London, Nov 13 (JEN): As part of the historic visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the UK, the country and India reaffirmed the importance of addressing climate change and promoti ...

Green Climate Fund approves first eight investments to combat climate change

New York, Nov 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Meeting ahead of the United Nations climate conference in Paris, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board, announced on Friday that it approved $168 million ...