New York, Nov 21 (JEN): The top United Nations official Wednesday called on foreign ministers to prioritize the environment in domestic politics and contribute to climate financing as a way ...

New York, Nov 20 (JEN): As diplomats and environment experts continue to work towards a global climate agreement in Poland, a United Nations-business forum is trying for the first time to un ...

New York, Nov 20 (JEN): With its first official observance of World Toilet Day, the United Nations Tuesday called on the international community to help break taboos around toilets, which ar ...

New York, Nov 20 (JEN): The world need look no further than the catastrophe in the Philippines to comprehend the profound and dangerous consequences of a warming planet, United Nations Secre ...

New York, Nov 19 (JEN): Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the Philippines a week ago, is a wake-up call for the international community to speed up efforts to fight climate change, United Nat ...

New York, Nov 19 (JEN): The coal industry must radically transform and diversify to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, a senior United Nations official said Monday at a meeting in Po ...

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 16 (JEN): A United Nations independent expert Friday called on Governments at a conference in Warsaw, Poland, to make concrete funding commitments to tackle the effects of cli ...