The United States will not be able to insure its way out of coming climate disasters, but must focus on...
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The U.N.’s climate chief called on the oil and gas industry on Thursday to make a drastic shift to a...
Extreme weather is the new normal and poses a threat to the human race, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on...
Permafrost lands across Siberia and Alaska that contain vast stores of carbon are beginning to thaw, bringing with it the...
A coalition of the world’s largest investors called on governments on Tuesday to ramp up action on climate change and...
Centuries after piracy was recognized as the first international crime against humanity, its spread around the world has prompted the...
British health authorities have alerted the U.N. of a new respiratory virus that resembles SARS in a severely ill patient...
A number of insurers and reinsurers have agreed to join the UN-backed set of Principles for Sustainable Insurance. The initiative...
Global leaders on Friday wrapped up a United Nations development summit with little to show but a lackluster agreement, as...
Population growth, urbanization and consumption are set to inflict irreversible damage on the planet, the United Nations said on Wednesday,...