Why an 18-year-old UN resolution is critical to ending the Lebanon-Israel war
With a Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire on the horizon, a UN resolution from 2006 has resurfaced as a blueprint for ending the war.
Are All These U.N. Climate Talks Doing Any Good?
The current talks “simply cannot deliver the change at exponential speed and scale, which is essential to ensure a safe ...
In South Korea, nations meet in final round to address global plastic crisis
Negotiators are gathering in South Korea in what’s billed as a final push to address the global crisis of plastic pollution ...
UN climate negotiations were a major bummer
Maybe it was the host of the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan this month calling oil and gas a “gift of God.” Or the US, the ...
Compromise deal reached at COP29 climate talks for $300 billion a year to poor nations
United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity's fight against climate ...
The UN chief and pope call for nations to end the use of antipersonnel land mines
The U.N. chief, Pope Francis and others are calling for nations to end the production and use of land mines, even as their ...
COP29 negotiators agree on funding deal for poor nations facing climate crises
United Nations climate negotiators agreed on a funding formula to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate ...
Developing nations, climate groups oppose COP29 $250B-a-year offer from rich countries
A draft finance deal Friday at the U.N. COP29 climate and environment talks proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion a year ...
A proposed deal on climate cash at UN summit highlights split between rich and poor nations
A new draft of a deal on cash to curb and adapt to climate change released Friday at the United Nations climate summit ...