BRICS Environment Ministers to Meet in Goa

The Environment Ministers of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries are meeting on September 16, 2016 in

What Is the Purpose of Democracy?

In September 2015, all 193 Member States of the United Nations (UN) adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It

Global temperatures for the first six months of this year shattered yet more records, and mean that 2016 is on

Climate change poses an enormous challenge to development, says the World Bank. By 2050, the world will have to feed

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the joint presidential statement on climate change by China and the United States.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced Tuesday the launch of a $2.8 billion appeal to reach 43 million children