UNEP's chief describes the summit as an opportunity to 'secure our life-support system, to make peace with nature.'
Delegates from 196 nations began meeting at a major U.N. summit in Montréal where organizers cast the stakes as a last chance for saving the planet's biodiversity – the variety of life in all of its forms.
The goal of the summit is to get the world back on track toward meeting its obligations in the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity. More than 10,000 participants are expected; ministers will arrive for talks in the second week.
A new IEA report shows that tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency can be achieved with 'enabling' conditions.
If an agreement is reached before the end of the year, the World Health Assembly would need to meet in December.
The U.N. chief calls on all nations to adopt a newer measure for phasing out powerful climate-warming chemicals.
The original target for the campaign was 640,000 children, which may have been an overestimate due to the war.
The E.U.'s top court sided with a transgender man who sued Romania for refusing to accept his gender changes in the U.K.
The five-year partnership aims to help ski federations, venues and race organizers better manage natural and artificial snow.
For disabled kids and their families, navigating forced displacements amid the rubble is a life-or-death challenge.
Some 1.9% of electricity globally was consumed by 148 digital companies, including 10 big users in Asia and the U.S.
