
Scientists declare humanity is in the grips of a global climate emergency
More than 11,000 scientists said only an urgent shift to a carbon-free economy can ward off planetary catastrophe.
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More than 11,000 scientists said only an urgent shift to a carbon-free economy can ward off planetary catastrophe.
On the first day possible, the U.S. alerted the U.N. that it will withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement a year from now.
The peace talks, held for the first time under the auspices of a new Syrian constitutional committee, will go a second week.
Argentina’s ambassador to Austria, Rafael Mariano Grossi, will head the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency.
The data 'discrepancies' are being assessed by the World Anti-Doping Agency and independent forensic experts.
As a global financing tool, Green Climate Fund has disbursed $5.2 billion to 111 climate projects among 99 nations.
A year of protests exposed an erosion of public trust in political leaders who aren't listening to people's real problems.
Switzerland's national elections delivered a major boost to left-leaning Greens who back urgent U.N.-led climate action.
Amid a storm of criticism, U.S. President Donald Trump rescinded his plan to host the G-7 at his own resort in 2020.
The U.S. president plans to give his company the contract for next year's gathering of the Group of Seven rich democracies.
Maritime piracy and armed robbery have fallen by 24% so far this year. Africa's Gulf of Guinea remains a 'high risk area.'
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced it reached its $14 billion target for pledges.
The global lending institution said carbon emissions could be cut by 35% over the next decade through a $75 per ton tax.
Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva emphasized the IMF must deal with inequality, climate risk, and technology.
Up to 100,000 people turned out for Switzerland's largest-ever climate demonstration to fulfill the Paris climate treaty goals.
UPU Congress' consensus vote to adopt the compromise plan represented 'an historical moment,' the agency's chief says.