Ramped up responsible investment into agriculture could help tackle poverty and hunger across the world, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). It says...
People in developing countries are having to deal with the increasingly dangerous threat posed by mercury, according to research by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)....
The first session of the United Nations General Assembly was convened on January 10 1946 in London’s Westminster Central Hall and included representatives of 51 original...
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution that recognises sustainable tourism as hugely influential in the battles against poverty and environmental protection. The resolution,...
Standish Mellon Asset Management, a leading fixed income investment house headquartered in Boston, US, has become the latest signatory of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment...
Disturbing data released recently indicates that November 2012 was the 333rd consecutive month in which global temperatures were above the 20th century average. So will February...
Waitrose has revealed that its planned partnership with Shell, which would have seen the pair collaborate at petrol stations across the UK, has been put on...
For the 18th UN Climate Change Conference around 20,000 people from over 190 countries have boarded planes to stay in air-conditioned hotels and produce huge amounts...
As climate talks get underway in Doha, environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth has said that severe flooding in the UK should “wake up” world leaders...
Governments and delegates from across the United Nations will begin talks in the Qatari capital of Doha today, as two weeks’ worth of climate change discussions...
A study by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has outlined how measures to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere do not currently...
A coalition of institutional investor groups has written a letter urging governments of some of the world’s most powerful economies to show decisive action over climate...
A representative of Ghana’s energy ministry has said that the country is on the lookout for $1 billion worth of investment in renewable energy technology over...
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has highlighted peace and security as a “critical ‘fourth dimension’ for sustainable development” in his message for the International Day for...
The United Nations was born out of the ruins of the second world war. It replaced the ill-fated League of Nations, which had failed to prevent...