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AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST
The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS SHATTERED AS CLIMATE CHANGE 'PLAYS OUT BEFORE US'
Temperatures, sea levels and carbon dioxide all hit milestones amid extreme weather in 2015, major international 'state of the climate' report finds... READ MORE›
AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY
MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›
AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'
An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WARMING MAY BE FAR WORSE THAN THOUGHT, CLOUD ANALYSIS SUGGESTS
Climate change projections have vastly underestimated the role that clouds play, meaning future warming could be far worse than is currently projected, according to new research... READ MORE›
THE DALAI LAMA WHY IM HOPEFUL ABOUT THE WORLDS FUTURE
My generation has witnessed so much violence -- some historians estimate that more than 200 million people were killed in conflicts in the 20th century... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES
In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›
NORWAY BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO BAN DEFORESTATION
According to the United Nations, the production of palm oil, soy, beef and wood products contributed to a little less than half of total tropical deforestation... READ MORE›
OBAMA URGES LEADERS TO ACT WITH US AT CLIMATE TALKS
The talks were kicked off by world leaders including President Obama, President Xi Jinping of China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Vladimir V... READ MORE›
READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH
Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›
BHUTAN HAS MOST AMBITIOUS PLEDGE AT THE PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT
Himalayan kingdoms forests absorb three times more CO2 emissions than its population create, helping to make it the worlds most carbon negative country, new analysis shows... READ MORE›
LEADERS DUE IN PARIS FOR COP21 CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
Nearly 150 world leaders are expected to descend on Paris for the start of the U.N. climate change summit that starts Monday in the French capital... READ MORE›
'FATHER OF CLIMATE CHANGE' SAYS THE PARIS DEAL IS 'JUST BULL***T'
A leading climate scientist has denounced the Paris climate change agreement as a fraud... READ MORE›
GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS
In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL WIPE $2.5TN OFF GLOBAL FINANCIAL ASSETS
Climate change will wipe 2.5tn off global financial assets study... READ MORE›
CATACLYSMS FROM THE NORTH POLE TO SOUTH AMERICA
Is one factor, human-caused climate change and global warming is another... READ MORE›
HOW AMERICA BECAME ADDICTED TO AIR CONDITIONING
During the summer, energy providers often implore people to reduce their use of air conditioners and other devices to avoid crashing the grid... READ MORE›
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL MOST PREVALENT
According to the report, the United States had more climate change deniers among their respondents than any other country... READ MORE›
PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT MAY SIGNAL END OF FOSSIL FUEL ERA
According to the German Heinrich Boll Foundation, 90 fossil fuel companies are responsible for 63 percent of CO2 emissions from human activities... READ MORE›
UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS
We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›
PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX
As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›
ANTHRAX OUTBREAK TRIGGERED BY CLIMATE CHANGE SICKENS DOZENS IN ARCTIC CIRCLE
Three unusual sinkholes were discovered on the Yamal peninsula in 2014, a phenomenon that many scientists also tied to climate change... READ MORE›
REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA
To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›
WORLD COULD WARM BY MASSIVE 10C IF ALL FOSSIL FUELS ARE BURNED
The unregulated exploitation of fossil fuel resources could result in significant, more profound climate change... READ MORE›
POPE TO URGE SWIFT ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING
Pope Francis will call for swift action to protect the Earth and fight global warming according to a leaked draft of the pontiff's encyclical... READ MORE›
THE SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH SCIENCE AGAINST OBAMA
Apparently a majority of the court is less confident of the science around climate change than Obama is... READ MORE›
NATIONS STRIKE HISTORIC DEAL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
It seeks to limit rising temperatures to within 2 degrees Celsius 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit compared to pre-industrial levels through the year 2100... READ MORE›
FIVE US STATES WHERE CLIMATE CHANGE COULD BE DISASTROUS
The group developed a report card of climate change resilience for each state with the help of ICF international, a consulting firm... READ MORE›