Climate Change

The Mediterranean is enduring a marine heat wave (MHW) and the temperature on May 10 was four degrees higher than the average for the 1985-2005 period, according to the initial results of the CAREHeat project. The surface water temperature hit...

Official figures released on Wednesday said that the quantity of snow on the glaciers in the autonomous province of Trento at the end of May was around 50%-60% of the average for the last 20 years. Furthermore, some glacier fronts,...

Meuccio Berselli, the secretary general of the River Po district authority, said Wednesday that the drought that is hitting Italy's longest river means that some northern towns are needing to have water supplies brought in by trucks. Berselli told ANSA...

From climate and environment themed videogames to special features, pop-ups, and real-life tree-planting opportunities embedded within beloved classics like PAC-MAN or Angry Birds, the gaming industry is working with the United Nations to engage audiences like never before and inspire...

Yessie Mosby is one of the so-called Torres Strait Eight, a group from the Pacific Islands which lodged a complaint with the UN Human Rights Council, that Australia is not doing enough to protect their people from climate change, in...

Climate and Environment Wildfires are projected to rise by 50 per cent by the end of the century due to the climate crisis and changes in land use, according to a report published on Wednesday by the UN Environment Programme...

The famous saying “A picture is worth a thousand words” is particularly fitting when walking inside the United Nations’ building in New York and through the large open space that leads you from the halls where diplomatic meetings are held,...

Behind all these initiatives, are the young men and women featured in "From Milan to Glasgow: Moroccan Youth Leaders in the Spotlight", a new campaign launched by the United Nations team in Morocco to empower young people to take climate...