As world leaders gather at the UN Headquarters in New York for the Climate Action Summit and General Assembly in the coming days, climate and the environment will be at the forefront of discussions.

Women were not allowed on map-making ship voyages until the 1960s—it was believed that they would bring bad luck.

Lush and green ancient forest is not what most people imagine when thinking of Russia.

Thanks to international cooperation the ozone layer is healing.

Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist and prominent climate researcher who believes that communication has a critical role to play in transforming attitudes about climate change.

Because every facet of agricultural activity depends on the weather, unpredictable weather patterns caused by climate change and other meteorological phenomena have increased the need for precise weather data.

UN Climate Change News 13 September 2019 —  Achieving land degradation neutrality was the focus of the 14th meeting of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) which wrapped up today in New Delhi, India.

The COP 24 Bureau chaired by H.E.

This was the case in Jakarta, Indonesia, where academics worked together with the Jakarta Regional Health Agency to develop early warning models on health, especially regarding the development of dengue.

Mr. Dan Shepard, UN Department of Global Communications T: +1 212 963-9495| E: shepard@un.org