According to a UN report, sand and dust storms, worsened by climate change, are impacting health and environments globally, ...

With Caribbean youth disproportionately facing complex challenges that threaten their health and overall well-being, the UN ...

Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and ...

High Commissioner Volker Türk says he has not been allowed access to inspect El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.

The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing updated, new, and improved indicators each year, the Lancet ...

As extreme heat grips many countries and becomes “the new normal”, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warns of heightened ...

The U.N. Human Rights Council passed a motion on climate change and human rights on Tuesday after the Marshall Islands ...

Powerful corporations, governments and political parties intentionally spread false information about climate change to avoid ...

The UNEP Climate Fund invests in a future in which every sector is on track to lower its emissions, finance systems are redesigned to support adaptation and decarbonization, and countries have the ...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Countries are set to vote at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday on a pledge to phase out fossil fuels to fight climate change, with diplomats warning that Gulf ...

These goals, launched in 2015 as part of the UN’s Paris agreement, set the stage for climate action in a warming world. Much ...

The top United Nations court will on July 23 issue a nonbinding opinion on countries' legal obligation to fight climate ...