
Leaked audio indicates U.N. climate summit host will try to limit scrutiny
In the recording, UAE officials anticipate a need to "minimize" attacks on the Gulf nation's human rights record when it hosts COP28 in Dubai later this year.
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In the recording, UAE officials anticipate a need to "minimize" attacks on the Gulf nation's human rights record when it hosts COP28 in Dubai later this year.
The Global Environment Facility set up the new multilateral fund with key initial investments from Canada and the U.K.
The U.S., Albania, Japan, and South Korea led a U.N. Security Council session that shone a spotlight on starvation and repression under Kim Jong Un's regime.
'Extremely high water stress' afflicts 83% of the population in the Middle East and North Africa and 74% in South Asia.
Scottish energy expert Jim Skea said it's important not to despair over the 'existential threat' from rising temperatures.
As climate litigation increases, the body of legal precedent grows, forming an increasingly well-defined field of law.
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Guterres' bid to revitalize multilateralism is at the heart of his “New Agenda for Peace” policy paper for the United Nations.
The biennial report noted the erosion of nuclear security coincides with growing nuclear security dangers and alarming increases in stockpiles of weapons-usable nuclear materials.
British diplomats are leading a push at the U.N. that could be a starting point for a multilateral approach to regulating AI.
Nine social robots offered mixed responses to reporters' questions about how strictly they should be regulated.
If accomplished, the goals are significant because the industry accounts for 2.9% of global carbon emissions. Diesel powers most of the world's 100,000 cargo ships.
The debate over who should succeed Jens Stoltenberg, a Norwegian former prime minister, has become complicated. It's also possible he could agree to a fourth contract extension.
A new organization to supervise artificial intelligence could be modeled after the U.N. atomic watchdog agency.
The total number of nuclear warheads fell worldwide, but the amount of operational nuclear weapons started to rise.
The U.N. General Assembly's vote for the next five seat-holders on the powerful Security Council for 2024-25 delivered a resounding win to an E.U. member over a Russian ally.