Plastic pollution has become pervasive in agricultural soils, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the UN agriculture agency, posing a threat to food security, people’s health, and the environment.

Leveraging the power of the Internet while tackling the risks of cyberspace is the focus of a UN meeting underway in Katowice, Poland, this week.

A Caribbean-based prime minister, a scientist, a group of indigenous women, and an entrepreneur were announced on Tuesday as this year’s winners of the United Nations’ Champions of the Earth awards.

When Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley stood up in front of the United Nations General Assembly earlier this year, she was not in a mood to pull punches.

The pledge to stop deforestation by 2030, the Global Methane Pledge, the launch of the beyond oil and gas alliance and calls to strengthen NDCs by the end of next year to keep the 1.5C target alive – these were important steps.

Disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in considerable increases in malaria cases and deaths between 2019 and 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

This year has been a watershed in the human rights movement.

Today, when the UN plans initiatives to help vulnerable communities become more resilient, the climate crisis has to be part of the equation.

As scientists continue to investigate the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries not to panic but to prepare for its likely spread.

The images are sobering: dead sea birds and choking turtles caught in the plastic that is increasingly flooding into marine ecosystems.