The planet is on the cusp of triggering the sixth mass extinction event. Conserving a small percentage of land could make all ...

In 2021, rich countries vowed to spend more to help poor countries adapt to warming. That goal is unlikely to be met, a new ...

UN launches a global planetary-defence campaign as interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS speeds past Earth, sparking both scientific ...

Four months after a multi-national conference in San Francisco drafted its charter, the United Nations officially began on ...

The United Nations, established 80 years ago today, commemorates its founding with United Nations Day. The UN was created ...

2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published Wednesday (Oct. 29) that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital ...

UN report reveals global emissions reductions fall short of Paris Agreement targets, aiming for only 17% cut by 2035.

Historians traditionally blame the failure of the League of Nations — the post-World War I, Versailles-era dream of President Woodrow Wilson — on many things. Its membership was small (58 nations).

The 30th annual United Nations climate change conference, COP30, will bring together states that are party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change as well as thousands of experts, journalists ...

An elderly man sits on the floor, dozens of bodies lying around him, before a Sudanese rebel fighter approaches and shoots him.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday cautioned global leaders against joining the United States in efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains, warning that such moves could lead the world ...

President Donald Trump is imposing another 100% in tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the United States and will restrict software exports to China.