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IMO is urging Member States to contribute equipment to help UN-led efforts to prevent a possible catastrophic oil spill from the FSO SAFER

An urgent call has gone out for the contribution of a broad range of equipment to manage an oil spill as the final stages of preparedness planning pro...

From extinctions to deforestation, humanity is paying the ultimate price for allowing the global economy to undervalue nature and natural resources.

The success of the Global Development Initiative, or GDI, proposed by China for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, drew praise from the United Nations.

Authorities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have stepped up measures for preventing forest fires during the ongoing peak dry season when the threat is high.

Natural disasters caused economic loss worth nearly 19.5 trillion VND (approximately 830 million USD) in 2022, up 3.4 times from the loss recorded in 2021, a conference of the national steering committee for natural disaster prevention and control heard on April 20.

News and Press Release in English on Yemen about Disaster Management and Technological Disaster; published on 20 Apr 2023 by UN RC/HC Yemen and UNDP

The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta is experiencing increasing erosion, but local authorities are taking steps to mitigate the damage to agriculture and thus to people's lives.

LONDON: A salvage company from the Netherlands announced on Thursday it had reached an agreement with the UN to pump oil from the rusting Safer oil tanker off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen. The move was hailed as a “critical milestone” in moves to avert a possible environmental disaster, its parent company announced Thursday.

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, co-chairperson of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, discusses the urgency of reorienting business toward nature-positive activities.