A new report by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has found that sand and dust storms are leading ...

Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and ...

By: Tarinabo WilliamAcross Nigeria’s landscapes, from the flooded plains of Bayelsa to the heat-scorched fields of Sokoto, the effects of climate change are no longer abstract projections. They are ...

High Commissioner Volker Türk says he has not been allowed access to inspect El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.

As extreme heat grips many countries and becomes “the new normal”, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warns of heightened ...

Since 2019, the UK has been committed to the target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Legally binding net zero ...

The U.N. Human Rights Council passed a motion on climate change and human rights on Tuesday after the Marshall Islands ...

Powerful corporations, governments and political parties intentionally spread false information about climate change to avoid ...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Countries are set to vote at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday on a pledge to phase out fossil fuels to fight climate change, with diplomats warning that Gulf ...

The top United Nations court will on July 23 issue a nonbinding opinion on countries' legal obligation to fight climate ...

Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was thought to be the threshold for averting severe ...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday praised the recent advisory opinion on the climate crisis from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) as a ...