Negotiations stall over some crucial issues on final day of UN biodiversity summit in Colombia Tired Earth November 02, 2024 COP15 was all about the ‘what’; this was supposed to be about the ‘how’.
UN climate fund axes Nicaragua forest project over human rights concerns Tired Earth July 04, 2024 In its first such move, the Green Climate Fund has pulled out of a project after developers failed to address....
UN warns against thirsty tech to solve water crisis Tired Earth March 24, 2024 As of 2022, more than 2 billion people were without access to safely managed drinking water, while 3.5 billion people....
‘Let us learn from indigenous peoples’, UN chief declares Hannah Steiner April 18, 2023 Indigenous peoples are prepared to offer solutions to the climate crisis, and share their experiences.
Humanity must chart new course on water use: UN chief Liang Lan March 28, 2023 "All of humanity's hopes for the future depend, in some way, on charting a new science-based course to bring the....
UN to try anew to finish treaty protecting the high seas Liang Lan February 21, 2023 At the COP15 conference on biodiversity last year, countries committed themselves to protecting 30% of the world's lands and seas....
International Migrants Day: 280 million people leave home for ‘a better life’ Hannah Steiner December 18, 2022 More than 280 million people have left their countries to pursue “opportunity, dignity, freedom, and a better life”, the UN....
UN report: Climate pollution reductions 'highly inadequate' Hannah Steiner October 27, 2022 The world is weaning itself from fossil fuels too slowly, the report and experts said.