World Is Doomed in the Face of Climate Change: UN Chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday (January 23) that the world is “doomed” in the face of climate change…
UNESCO Invites Your Ideas for Futures of Education
UNESCO’s new initiative on the futures of education looks at 2050 and beyond and seeks to understand how education can shape the future of humanity and the planet. It has…
UN Human Rights Case Allows Climate Change Asylum Claims
In its first ruling on a complaint by an individual seeking asylum from the effects of climate change, the UN Human Rights Committee stated Tuesday (January 21) that countries may…
General Assembly Approves $3 Billion UN Budget for 2020
The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted a budget of $3,073,830,500 for the United Nations to cover the year 2020. According to a UN report, this is an increase of…
Netherlands Court Orders to Protect Human Rights from Climate Change
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday (December 20) applauded a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands which requires the State to take more…
Corporate Climate Movement Grows to Achieve 1.5°C Future
Now, 177 companies have pledged to set highly ambitious emissions reduction targets to help limit the worst effects of climate change — more than doubling in size since the first…