Many of the world's biggest polluter nations have missed a U.N. deadline to set new climate targets as efforts to curb global ...

Countries are staying committed to their national climate plans and looking to lead the clean energy transition, as the ...

Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council held a session exploring reforms of global economic rules to better align with human rights. Specifically, experts discussed developing indicators to ...

The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday estimated that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over ...

Ahead of the UN Human Rights Coun­cil’s (hereafter “HRC” or “Coun­­cil”) 58th regular session (Feb­­ruary 24 - April 4 2025), ...

Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies ...

The United Nations envoy for Syria on Wednesday called on its new authorities to prevent a "cycle of retribution and revenge" ...

India is everything the People's Republic of China is not: a bastion of freedom and a worthy partner for the United States.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is defending oil exploration near the mouth of the Amazon River as a way to ...

Around 95% of countries have missed a UN deadline to submit new climate pledges for 2035, Carbon Brief analysis shows. Just 10 of the 195 parties signed up to the landmark Paris Agreement have ...

The UN still expects those targets to come in this year. As of the Feb. 10 deadline, only 10 out the 195 countries signed up to the Paris Agreement had submitted their new plans, which set out ...

The Resident Coordinators represent the Secretary-General at the country level. They lead the work of UN country teams, mobilizing the UN system's expertise and resources to support national ...