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,...
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...
Heatwaves to impact almost every child on earth by 2050
Heatwaves have become an unavoidable health hazard for many nations, but new data indicates that they are set to affect virtually every child on earth by 2050,...
Malaysia’s forced return of Myanmar’s most vulnerable must stop
Malaysia’s forced return of asylum-seekers to Myanmar has meant that hundreds of Myanmar nationals have been “sent back against their will” to the troubled country in the last two months,...