Climate and Environment

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Red from the ‘Angry Birds’ who was appointed Honorary Ambassador for International Day of Happiness.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

PODCAST: From anger to laughter, what happens when three top comedians walk into the UN?

29 March 2016
Global

What happens when three top comedians leave their Hollywood comfort-zone and walk into the United Nations to talk climate change and sustainability?

African elephants are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as the animals are poached for their ivory tusks.
UNEP GRID Arendal/Peter Prokosch

Marking World Wildlife Day, UN calls for global actions to save planet’s most iconic species

3 March 2016
Global

“Time is running out” to end wildlife poaching that threatens some of the world’s most iconic species, such as elephants, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as the United Nations marked World Wildlife Day.