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Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Tuesday warned that new and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on ...

PARIS: Countries' latest climate plans will deliver just a tiny percentage of the emissions cuts needed to limit global heating to 1.5C, the United Nations said on Tuesday in a damning assessment ahead of the COP26 climate summit.

A drastic reduction in unnecessary, avoidable and problematic plastic is crucial to addressing the global pollution crisis, said a comprehensive assessment released on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).An accelerated transition ...

New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) As climate disasters increase in intensity and frequency around the world, the 2021 Production Gap Report by leading research institutes and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Wednesday found that despite increased climate ambitions and net-zero commitments the governments still plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than what would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

The economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to ...

Climate change, overfishing, coastal development and declining water quality destroyed crucial marine ecosystems.

Individuals, communities, civil society, businesses and governments around the world marked World Environment Day -- with official celebrations held in Islamabad -- by making commitments and calling for action to restore millions of hectares of ...

A globe-trotting adventurer The Arctic tern is a great traveller, and spends most of the year on the move, with long periods over the ocean. Its breeding grounds cover both the northern and southern polar regions. In Europe, during the summer months, it can be found from Brittany in the south, to Iceland, Greenland, and Svalbard in the north. Come autumn, the terns head south in the direction of Antarctica where they stay during the northern winter. However, they don’t fly directly from north...

A globe-trotting adventurer The Arctic tern is a great traveller, and spends most of the year on the move, with long periods over the ocean. Its breeding grounds cover both the northern and southern polar regions. In Europe, during the summer months, it can be found from Brittany in the south, to Iceland, Greenland, and Svalbard in the north. Come autumn, the terns head south in the direction of Antarctica where they stay during the northern winter. However, they don’t fly directly from north...

Read more about Investing less than 1% of world GDP in nature can tackle climate change on Business Standard. An investment of $8.1 trn in nature is required over three decades to successfully tackle the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the State of Finance for Nature report