
Ocean summit ends declaring a 'global emergency'
More than 150 nations committed to put science at the heart of renewed efforts to tackle the multiple human-caused crises threatening the ocean.
More than 150 nations committed to put science at the heart of renewed efforts to tackle the multiple human-caused crises threatening the ocean.
Delegates from 175 nations to the U.N. Environment Assembly voted unanimously to devise a treaty that tries to cleanse the world of plastic pollution.
In a new major report, the U.N. Environment Program recommended a "scientific blueprint" for governments to tackle three environmental crises at once.
Delegates to a treaty for protecting endangered plants and animals ended a major summit after revising international trade rules for dozens of species.
Two U.N. agencies adopted a new agreement to increase protections for environmental advocates and their families at risk of retaliation and violence.
Leaders called for urgent improvement to the planet's health, echoing findings of a U.N. report for the highest-level decision-making body on the environment.
The U.N. and other international organizations mourned the loss of 46 staff in a crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed all 157 people aboard.