Countries will discuss whether to commission a study of technologies to blunt the effects of climate change.
The United States joined Saudi Arabia to derail a U.N. resolution that sought to improve the world’s understanding of potential efforts to lace the sky with sunlight-reflecting aerosols or use carbon-catching fans.
FAO has marked the International Day of Forests by announcing two new forestry education initiatives that aim to raise awareness among children and young people on the sustainable use and conservation of forests.
The most comprehensive and rigorous assessment on the state of the environment completed by the UN in the last five years was published today, warning that damage to the planet is so dire that people’s health will be increasingly threatened unless urgent action is taken.
The City of Ormoc in Leyte province is on track to becoming a sustainable city as it continues to be a leader in clean energy and climate change mitigation.
World leaders have resoundingly failed in their duty to take action on the escalating plastics pollution crisis, said WWF today, as the Fourth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) ended without meaningful policy decisions on tackling marine plastic pollution.
With the threats of plastic pollution and loss of nature plaguing the planet, thousands gathered at Circuit Event Grounds in Makati to participate in the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines’ Earth Hour switch-off event.
Speaking at the United Nations high-level meeting on climate change and sustainability in New York on Friday, [Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro] Locsin Jr. noted that the impact of climate change is as bad as anticipated and faster than estimated.
Even if the world were to cut emissions in line with the existing Paris Agreement commitments, winter temperatures over the Arctic Ocean would rise 3-5°C by mid-century, finds a new report by UN Environment.
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