global warming

A wildfire burns in a national park in Oregon, USA.
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IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global heating, warns UN chief

9 August 2021
Climate and Environment

Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday.

Death Valley, USA.
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Death Valley temperature likely highest since 1931: UN weather agency

18 August 2020
Climate and Environment

“All indications” suggest that the extreme temperature reading of 54.4 degrees Celsius recorded in California’s Death Valley on Sunday, is legitimate, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday.

Desertification threatens the village of Tantaverom. Mbo Malloumu has taken the initiative to plant acacia seedlings to rehabilitate the land. In the past 50 years, Lake Chad basin shrank from 25,000 square kilometers to 2,000square kilometers.
UNDP Chad/Jean Damascene Hakuzim

World food security increasingly at risk due to 'unprecedented' climate change impact, new UN report warns

8 August 2019
Climate and Environment

More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned on Thursday, before urging all countries to commit to sustainable land use to help limit greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late.

Women in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia work in a greenhouse they built to increase the production capacity of vegetables they sell on the local market. (file 2015)
ILO/Marcel Crozet

Work to make the world a better place: 5 things you need to know about ‘green jobs’

28 April 2019
Climate and Environment

Imagine a world in which practically everyone works in jobs that are helping to transform the global economy, and bring about a world where business can thrive and the needs of the most vulnerable people are met.