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World headed for climate catastrophe without urgent action

The window to take urgent climate action is closing rapidly. Unless countries dramatically scale up their efforts to counter the climate crisis, the world...

Inadequate progress on climate action makes rapid transformation of societies only option

As intensifying climate impacts across the globe hammer home the message that greenhouse gas emissions must fall rapidly, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP)...

Zero emission vehicles: first ‘Fit for 55′ deal will end the sale of new CO2 emitting cars in Europe by 2035

The European Commission welcomes the agreement reached last night by the European Parliament and Council ensuring all new cars and vans registered in Europe...

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin calls ‘cutting’ Russia out of global economy ‘absurd and illusory’

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin (photo) has made several important announcements addressing a Eurasia-themed economic forum in Baku (Azerbaijan): - The sanctions pressure targeting Russia culminated...

Millions face flooding threat across west and central Africa

In west and central Africa, some 3.4 million people need help after destructive flooding, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. The alert...

How the tracking of birds can help them – and us

By Anthony King Scientists track birds with electronic tags and radar to solve flight mysteries. In answering ecological questions, the research findings may also improve...

Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory, tantamount to ‘settler-colonialism’: UN expert

Israel’s occupation is illegal and indistinguishable from a “settler-colonial” situation, which must end, as a pre-condition for Palestinians to exercise their right to self-determination,...

UN still sees no sign of biological weapons in Ukraine

The United Nations is not aware of any biological weapons programmes in Ukraine, a senior official in the Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) reiterated...

Climate change: CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels

Atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases warming our planet - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide- all reached new record highs in...

Libya: Political deadlock persists with no clear end in sight

The political stalemate continues in Libya and prospects for elections are dim, the head of the UN Mission there, UNSMIL, said on Monday in...

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