New York, June 25 (JEN): Global environmental crime, possibly worth more than $200 billion annually, is helping finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups and threatening the security an ...

New York, June 24 (JEN): Across the world, forests provide employment, energy, nutritious foods and a wide range of other goods and ecosystem services with tremendous potential to contribut ...

New York, June 24 (JEN): Concern is growing over widespread plastic waste that is threatening marine life – with conservative yearly estimates of $13 billion in financial damage to m ...

New York, June 24 (JEN): A United Nations body that focuses on the environment and has representatives from all 193 UN Member States is meeting for the first time Monday in Nairobi, to disc ...

New :York, June 12 (JEN) Space-based information technologies must be fully integrated into the international efforts to overcome such challenges to sustainable development as climate change ...

New York, Jun 9 (JEN): To commemorate World Oceans Day, the United Nations family is encouraging the international community to reflect on the multiple benefits of oceans and commit to keepi ...

New Delhi, May 8 (JEN): The latest urban air quality database released by the World Health Organization (WHO) reconfirms that most Indian cities are becoming death traps because of very high ...

New York, May 8 (JEN): Many of the world’s cities are “enveloped in dirty air” that is dangerous breathe, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednes ...

New York, Apr 23 (JEN): On International Mother Earth Day, the United Nations urged greater efforts to promote sustainable development and use of renewable energy sources, with United Nation ...