A draft report finds both the mission and a longer-term 2050 vision of fighting 'unprecedented' biodiversity loss are at risk.
The first global assessment of progress under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework concludes that countries are not moving fast enough to meet its 2030 targets, as governments gathered in Nairobi to decide how to speed up implementation.
Delegates meeting under the Convention on Biological Diversity will examine the draft assessment before forwarding recommendations to the U.N. Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan, Armenia, in October.
U.N. report raises questions about who benefits from the next phase of globalization as capital concentrates in key sectors.
Scientists say glacier retreat is starting to reduce the amount of meltwater available during extreme heat and drought.
Data centers could soon require the same amount of drinking water needed by the world's population for about 1.6 years.
Recovering valuable materials from products in circulation is becoming part of industrial and security planning in Brussels.
The decision comes as the court is confronting both an internal governance crisis and an escalating U.S. campaign.
The new duties recast forced labor as a trade issue, but critics question the legal rationale and their likely effectiveness.
The agreement opens the door to a Saudi civilian nuclear program but leaves critical questions unanswered.
UNHCR's archives are a test case for humanitarians struggling to preserve institutional memory in an era of retrenchment.
