By 2050, the world’s population will reach a whopping 10 billion people, and with more people comes more consumption—of food, fashion, travel… In a world stretched thin for resources and under the threat of global climate change, it is high time we, as individuals, make choices that move us away from a take-make-waste economy.
Next week, the world will gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York for the Climate Action Summit.
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.
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