U.N. Calls on Humanity To End ‘War on Nature,’ Go Carbon-Free
As an extreme year for hurricanes, wildfires and heat waves comes to an end, the head of the...
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In Multiple Countries, Alarm Over Hunger Crisis Rings Louder
The twin baby boys lay on a bed of woven palm leaves in a remote camp for displaced people in Yemen’s north, their collar bones and ribs visible. They cried loudly, twisting as if in pain, not from disease but from the hunger...
Read MoreJapan’s Newly Minted Prime Minister Steps Into U.N. Limelight
Considered something of a lightweight on foreign policy issues, Japan’s new prime minister has spent much of his career in the shadows, supporting previous leader Shinzo Abe with backroom bureaucratic maneuvers and in largely...
Read MoreBorn to Prevent War, UN at 75 Faces Deeply Polarized World
Born out of World War II’s devastation to save succeeding generations from the scourge of conflict, the United Nations officially marks its 75th anniversary Monday at an inflection point in history, navigating a polarized world...
Read MoreUN: Discussions With Russia on COVID-19 Vaccine Under Way
The World Health Organization’s Europe office said it has begun discussions with Russia to try to obtain more information about the experimental COVID-19 vaccine the country recently approved. Last week, Russia became the first...
Read MoreUN Chief Urges Countries Not to Surrender on Climate Fight
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres urged countries Monday not to lose hope in the fight against climate change, as representatives from nearly 200 countries gathered in Madrid for a two-week meeting on tackling global...
Read MoreUN Report on Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Need Immediate Cuts
Countries need to begin making steep cuts to their greenhouse gas emissions immediately or risk missing the targets they’ve agreed for limiting global warming, with potentially dire consequences, senior United Nations officials...
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Orange County Climate Council Searches for New Local Action
The topic of addressing climate change echoed across the world this past weekend. Many countries...
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UN Climate Report: Change Land Use to Avoid a Hungry Future
Human-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the Earth’s land and the way people...
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Science Says: Why Biodiversity Matters to You
You may go your entire life without seeing an endangered species, yet the globe’s...
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