Last month was the warmest May on record and carbon dioxide levels also hit a new high despite the economic slowdown from COVID-19, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.

Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme.

Plastic pollution is one of the most serious threats to the planet’s health.

A new monitoring effort has so far identified a total of 15 adult snow leopards in the mountain range overlooking the Kyrgyz Republic’s capital, Bishkek, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced on World Environment Day.

On this year’s World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5, the UN is drawing links between the health of the planet, and human health, and highlighting the importance of protecting biodiversity, the system that supports life.

In the race to end the coronavirus pandemic, the UN chief reminded a virtual medical conference on Thursday that “a vaccine, by itself, is not enough”.

A campaign to eradicate illegal drugs in the Philippines that began in 2016 has led to the killing of at least 8,600 people but the real figure could be three times that number, the UN human rights office, OHCHR.

In the last century, a combination of population growth and reduction in ecosystems and biodiversity has created unprecedented opportunities for zoonotic diseases – where pathogens pass between animals and people.

Corey Baker Dance, run by award-winning choreographer/director Corey Baker, has created a new short film titled Lying Together.

COVID-19 lockdowns have confined people to their homes across the world.