The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is calling on the international community to make a decisive change of course in environmental and climate policy. Humanity faces "a simple choice," ...

In the face of political challenges to scientific evidence, both entities emphasised the indispensable role of science for informed policy decisions. The European Commission and the United Nations ...

The world needs a new approach to environmental crises threatening the health of people and the planet by adopting policies to jointly tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and ...

Countries are gathering in Brazil at the COP30 summit to take stock of climate change. As in past summits, the negotiations are starting on the back foot: countries already aren't meeting their goals ...

National leaders, environmentalists, climate activists, and state and local officials from the United States are gathering in Belém, Brazil, next week for the United Nations’s annual climate change ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them humans are ...

In recent months, United Nations-led negotiations on climate change, plastic pollution, biodiversity loss and desert expansion have largely stalled or delivered underwhelming results, failing to match ...

The top scientist for the Geneva-based United Nations Environmental Programme said the organization is exploring the topic of climate engineering because “growing concerns about the lack of global ...

This year’s UN climate negotiations come as fears about rising costs, trade threats, and AI throw the world out of whack. But there’s still progress that can be made. This year’s UN climate ...