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United Nations names David Attenborough Champion of the Earth

The UN’s Environment Programme (UNEP) has named Sir David Attenborough a Champion of the Earth. The award is in recognition of the environmentalist’s commitment to sharing stories about the natural world and climate change, according to the BBC. In ...

21 Apr 2022 at 06:55

Plastic pollution could be reduced by 80% by 2040, UN says

Plastic pollution could be reduced by 80% by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has said. To do this, there needs to be more reusing, recycling and more reorienting and ...

16 May 2023 at 11:01

World heading for ‘climate catastrophe’ as countries’ plans fail to deliver – UN

The world is heading for “climate catastrophe”, the UN has warned as a report showed how far off track nations are on cutting global warming pollution. A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report reveals a huge gap between the action ...

27 Oct 2022 at 13:00

World on track for ‘catastrophic’ 3.1C of global warming this century, UN warns

The world is on track for a “catastrophic” 3.1C of global warming, the UN has warned as it called for massive efforts to cut the emissions driving climate change. In its annual report on the gap between the emissions cuts needed ...

24 Oct 2024 at 17:42

World has made progress on protecting nature but must act faster, says UN

Countries have made some headway on protecting 30% of Earth’s nature by 2030 but are “not moving nearly far or fast enough”, according to the UN’s first official assessment of international efforts. UN conservationists analysed ...

28 Oct 2024 at 16:30

Cop29: Key questions about the UN climate conference

As Cop29 gets under way in Azerbaijan, here are answers to some of the key questions about the climate conference. – What is Cop29? Cop29 is the 29th “Conference of Parties”. It is the latest set of UN climate negotiations, ...

11 Nov 2024 at 00:41

Tackling climate change alone could harm nature and water crises, experts say

Tackling climate change in isolation could cause damaging trade-offs and unintended consequences to nature and other planetary crises, an international body of experts has warned. Biodiversity loss, water and food ...

17 Dec 2024 at 13:00

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