Environment/Science
Environment/Science
The past decade has been confirmed the warmest ever recorded, continuing an alarming 30-year trend that the UN weather chief said on Tuesday is “unequivocally driven by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.” more
COP28 Summit in Dubai: Extraction of minerals needed for green energy must be ‘sustainable and just’, says Antonio Guterres

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday announced his plan to set up a panel aimed to ensure the move from fossil fuels towards renewable energy is just, sustainable and ...

Tackling health impacts of climate change and scaling up digital climate action remains in the spotlight at COP 28

Delegates at COP28 in Dubai on Saturday called for stronger and more resilient global health systems, which are indispensable to protecting populations from the negative impacts of climat ...

Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, new FAO report highlights

Agrifood systems and the communities that support and depend on them are on the front lines of loss and damage linked to climate change, a new report released on Friday by the UN Food and ...

As ‘humanity’s fate hangs in the balance’, UN chief Antonio calls for urgent action to prevent planetary crash at COP 28 Dubai Summit

Earth’s vital signs are failing and to prevent planetary crash and burn, “we need…cooperation and political will”, UN Secretary General António Guterres sa ...

COP28 talks open in Dubai with breakthrough deal on loss and damage fund

Delegates meeting in Dubai agreed Thursday on the operationalization of a fund that would help compensate vulnerable countries coping with loss and damage caused by climate change, a majo ...

Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief calls COP28 to action

The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered for the COP28 conference which opened in Dubai on Thursday must get us out of “deep tr ...

COP28 in Dubai: Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for action

The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered for the COP28 conference which opened in Dubai on Thursday must get us out of “deep tr ...

UK museum recieves 100 mg sample of asteroid Bennu

The Natural History Museum in the UK has received 100mg of the asteroid Bennu for study.

‘Close the climate ambition gap’ says UN chief ahead of COP28

The COP28 climate conference held in Dubai later this month “must be the place to urgently close the climate ambition gap”, as emissions continue to rise and climate chaos int ...