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Humanity’s climate ‘carbon budget’ dwindling fast
Jul 19, 2019The concept of a carbon budget is dead simple: figure out how much CO2 humanity can pump into the atmosphere without pushing Earth’s surface temperature beyond a dangerous threshold. The 2015 Paris climate treaty enjoins the... -
Venezuela frees judge, journalist, 20 students – U.N.
Jul 5, 2019Venezuela has released 22 hostages including the emblematic cases of judge Maria Afiuni and journalist Braulio Jatar, a senior U.N. official said on Friday, and an opposition lawmaker called for more releases. Twenty students were also... -
UN chief urges action to avert climate change ‘catastrophe’
Jul 2, 2019UN chief Antonio Guterres said climate-related devastation was striking the planet on a weekly basis and warned Sunday that urgent action must be taken to avoid a catastrophe. “We are here because the world is facing... -
UN food agency to elect chief as climate change ups hunger
Jun 22, 2019Candidates from China, France and Georgia are vying to head the UN’s food agency, as the fight to eradicate world hunger takes a blow from global warming and wars. The election of the new chief of... -
Trump UN choice to step back from some climate talks
Jun 20, 2019President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to the United Nations promised Wednesday to allow climate diplomacy to move forward despite her family’s fortune in coal. Kelly Craft, at a Senate hearing to confirm her for the... -
China and UN Migration Signs Cooperation Pact
Jun 7, 2019China’s Ministry of Emergency Management and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations’ migration agency, yesterday (30/5) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to promote collaboration and mutual assistance on disaster risk reduction and... -
UNHCR and Qatar Charity sign three agreements in support of the Refugees
Jun 1, 2019UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Qatar Charity (QC) have signed today three agreements worth USD 4 million, in support of UNHCR operations in Iraq, Bangladesh and Yemen. These agreements were signed at QC’s headquarters in... -
Britain faces UN defeat over Chagos islands
May 22, 2019Britain is bracing for a crushing defeat at the United Nations on Wednesday when the General Assembly is expected to adopt a measure demanding that London cede the British-ruled Chagos islands, home to an important military... -
Russia presents UN measure to rein in chemical weapons watchdog
May 17, 2019Russia on Thursday presented a draft resolution to the Security Council accusing the UN’s chemical weapons watchdog, the OPCW, of politicization just before a new probe begins of chemical attacks in Syria. The draft text, seen... -
UN chief hails Pacific’s ‘moral authority’ on climate
May 17, 2019UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday the Pacific possesses “a unique moral authority” to demand global action on climate change because its people are bearing the brunt of the problem. Visiting Fiji as part of...
