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UNDP report reveals powerful link between poverty and climate crisis

Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poor—887 million people--live in regions that are exposed...

Calamities cost the world nearly $2 trillion a year—UN

From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable...

Shift to renewable energy accelerating—UN

With clean energy on the rise, the United Nations Secretary-General renewed his longstanding call...

World leaders call for urgent climate action

From the rainforests of Central America to low-lying atolls in the Pacific and drought-stricken...

Landmark pact takes effect next year

A landmark UN treaty to safeguard marine biodiversity on the high seas has now...

WFP says 80m more children benefiting from school meals

School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into “a new world of...

Air pollution is on the rise—but not everywhere, says UN weather body

As billions continue to breathe polluted air that causes more than 4.5 million premature...

Cooling La Niña could be back, but global temperatures to rise

The cooling climate phenomenon known as La Niña could return between now and November,...