UN warns that humans will lose their war against nature
Fiction writing students learn about the handful of archetypal plots, including man versus nature. Usually that...
UN releases World Water Development Report 2020
Climate change further challenges the world’s overstretched water resources, ultimately threatening all aspects...
UN lists plastic as hazardous waste, votes to control international trade
On May 10, 187 countries voted to list plastic as hazardous waste and tighten control over its international trade....
1 million species are at risk of extinction, says new UN report
A new study released Monday by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services reports...
New credit card limits spending based on carbon emissions
This Spring, the Swedish financial tech company Doconomy launched the first ever banking service and credit card...
Even scientists are shocked by the latest UN report on climate change
According to a Monday report on climate change from the United Nations, maintaining the Earth's temperature rise...
Mountain Heroes cyclist aims for world record to fight climate change
Michael Strasser, famous cyclist and the first cyclist to join the UN Environment's Mountain Heroes campaign,...
UN Environment and Yale present a sustainable tiny home in NYC
U.N. Environment and Yale University’s School of Architecture has unveiled an innovative tiny home that explores...
UN releases first "state of plastics" report on World Environment Day
The United Nations has released its first-ever global plastics report on June 5th, World Environment Day. Well-timed...
Substantial swaths of globe face desertification without climate action - new study
Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels could reduce desertification...
Over 200 nations commit to ending ocean plastic waste
Over 200 countries just signed a United Nations resolution in Nairobi, Kenya to eliminate plastic waste in the...
World's largest solar plant in a refugee camp opens in Jordan
The world's largest solar plant found in a refugee camp has begun operations at the Za'atari Refugee Camp in north...
UN releases inconceivable new estimate of Earth's 2050 population
Right now there are 7.5 billion people on Earth and counting. But the world in 2050 will be even more packed, according...
WHO finds 80% of city dwellers are breathing dangerously unhealthy air
A new study from the World Health Organization found that 80% of the world's city dwellers are exposed to air quality...
World is failing to prepare for increasing natural disasters, UN expert says
The frequency and severity of natural disasters is a subject much studied by scientists, as we struggle to understand...
