Environment

News Hour: Deadly striker Neymar Jr., renowned for hitting the back of the net for Barcelona and Brazil, is taking aim at a new target: the deadly illegal trade in wildlife. He has joined forces with...

News Hour: Swimmer and UN Environment Patron of the Oceans, Lewis Pugh, and the Russian Federation are joining forces to protect Lake Baikal, the oldest and deepest lake in the world, and home to species found...

News Hour: The death toll from severe flooding in a North Korean border region has risen to 133 with another 395 missing and tens of thousands left homeless, the UN said. Some 107,000 people have been...

News Hour: Key decisions boosting support for Indigenous peoples’ rights have been adopted by IUCN State, government and civil society members today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress taking place in Hawaiʻi. In a landmark decision,...

News Hour: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake that struck northwest Tanzania, close to Lake Victoria and the borders of Uganda and Rwanda, has killed at least 14 people and injured 200, local authorities said on Sunday. As rescuers...

News Hour: Floods have damaged tens of thousands of buildings in northeastern North Korea after the worst downpour there for decades, state media said Sunday, urging all soldiers and civilians to join a drive to help...

News Hour: Nationwide survey to identify and map sites where soils have been potentially contaminated by dangerous industrial chemicals gets underway in Serbia. Experts from Italy are joining counterparts from Serbia to conduct a field survey...

News Hour: Sri Lanka and the World Bank today signed a US$42 million credit to protect people and infrastructure from climate-related risks and support the government in responding effectively to disasters. This financing comes as additional...

News Hour: Hurricane Newton uprooted trees, broke windows and left two people dead as it roared across Mexico’s northwestern Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, but the tourist region was spared of major damage, reports BSS. The...

News Hour: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 rocked Japan’s Kanto area at 1:28 p.m. local time, Japan Meteorological Agency said on Wednesday, reports BSS. The temblor was centered in the southern part of...