Nations have mobilized $100 billion a year for climate financing; now, more than $1 trillion a year may be needed.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to leaders to “tear down the walls to climate finance” by providing trillions of dollars for developing countries.
"The world must pay up, or humanity will pay the price," he told the climate summit on Tuesday. "Climate finance is not charity, it’s an investment. Climate action is not optional, it’s an imperative."
U.N. leaders hailed Pope Francis as a champion of the environment and tireless advocate of refugees and migrants.
WHO members finally reach consensus on a draft pandemic agreement after 13 formal rounds of meetings since Dec. 2021.
Talks will reconvene next week to finish a proposed global accord for the World Health Assembly to take up in May.
The loss of funding could unravel major progress since 2000 in reducing women's deaths during pregnancy and childbirth.
A Palestinian diplomat told the U.N.'s top court that Israel uses aid as a 'weapon of war,' targeting civilians and aid workers.
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A human rights group and journalists question Beijing's use of 'Chinese government-organized NGOs' at the United Nations.
A day after saying a deal with Russia was close, Trump expressed doubt that Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war.
