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

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

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

The United Nations leadership and its member countries need a backup plan to ensure lifesaving UN humanitarian aid and human ...

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Valerie Volcovici BRASILIA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Countries are staying committed to their national ...

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 conflict has killed more than 28,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes and left some families eating grass in ...

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 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 ...

Around 95% of countries have missed a UN deadline to submit new climate pledges for 2035, Carbon Brief analysis shows.

The nearly 200 countries signed up to the Paris Agreement faced a Monday deadline to submit new national climate plans to the U.N., setting out how they plan to cut emissions by 2035. As of Monday ...