Climate and Environment

Some 700,000 people have been affected by floods in South Sudan, including in Pibor.
© UNICEF/Maria Louise De La Gua

UN talks ‘honestly’ about the environment and avoids ‘scaremongering’

10 February 2021
Global

The challenge of tackling climate change is one that the UN needs to talk about “honestly, without scaremongering” and by focusing on scientific fact, according to Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). 

Sunrise in Carchi Province, Ecuador. (September 2018)
WMO/Boris Palma

Cooling La Niña is on the wane, but temperatures set to rise: UN weather agency

9 February 2021

Temperatures in almost all parts of the world will likely rise between now and April despite the cooling influence of the latest La Niña weather phenomenon, which has passed its peak, UN climate experts said on Tuesday. “Impacts on temperatures, precipitation and storm patterns continue”, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a statement.

Tuvalu is highly susceptible to climate change.
UNDP/Silke Von Brockhausen

2021 a ‘crucial year’ for climate change, UN chief tells Member States

8 February 2021
Global

The world is far from achieving agreed goals to reduce global warming in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the UN Secretary-General warned on Monday in his ongoing bid to secure greater commitment to averting climate catastrophe. 

Chef Louise Mabulo, 2019 UNEP Young Champion of the Earth.
UNEP

First Person: Digging for victory in the Philippines

3 February 2021
Asia Pacific

Some farming techniques can have a devastating and negative effect on the environment, as farmers seek to harvest the maximum amount of produce from their land, but the efforts of a Filipino chef and activist are demonstrating that, with the right approach, agriculture can help to regenerate land, offer protection from the effects of climate change and extreme weather, and improve livelihoods.