New York, Nov 23 (JEN): The United Nations-backed International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Friday ordered that Russia release the Greenpeace ship and its crew that it seized in Septembe ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IBNS) Greenpeace India began a 30 hour protest Saturday at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi to stand in solidarity with the 30 people who have been arrested in Russia for peaceful ...

New York, Nov 16 (JEN): A new United Nations report underscores the vital contribution of the social sciences to survival in the face of climate change, and stresses that human behaviour mu ...

New York, Nov 14 (JEN): The year 2013 is currently on course to be among the top ten warmest years since modern records began in 1850, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization ( ...

New York, Nov 13 (JEN): The United Nations Tuesday appealed for nearly a third of a billion dollars to provide humanitarian assistance to typhoon hit regions of the Philippines where aid wo ...

Bhubaneshwar, Nov 8 (JEN): Following a peaceful protest against oil drilling in the Arctic region, world renowned sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik has created a colossal sand art depicting Gree ...

New York, Nov 8 (JEN): The United Nations environment agency Thursday welcomed the ratification by the United States of the Minamata Convention, which seeks to bring down emissions and rele ...

New York, Nov 7 (JEN): The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2012, continuing an upward trend which is driving climate change and which will shape the fu ...

New York, Nov 6 (JEN): From helping developing countries provide cancer treatment to verifying the non-diversion of nuclear material for military purposes, the United Nations atomic watchdo ...