A new report by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has found that sand and dust storms are leading ...

We are now close to the litmus test of the new Carney government as it approaches the bifurcation between the road to sensible fiscal and environmental policy and the road over the cliff into total ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday said Pakistan was committed to the ceasefire with India, urging the international community to facilitate a resolution of the ...

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

The multilateral system is the best we've got. There is no other system that can help us to deal with our global problems,” says Bob Rae, President of the Economic and Social Council and Permanent ...

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, ...

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

Models suggest that meeting climate targets will be virtually impossible without steep emissions cuts paired with a huge ...

Bees are essential to the health of the Earth’s ecosystems, but the populations of many species are dwindling. These ...

U.S. withdrawal of $4 billion in AIDS funding risks over 4 million deaths and 6 million new HIV infections by 2029 ...

Through multiple simultaneous and interacting health risks, climate change is threatening to reverse years of progress in public health and sustainable development. Even with overwhelming evidence on ...

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