Constitution stops Charles becoming Britain’s ‘green’ king
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — On a blustery November day last year Britain’s future king stood before world leaders to deliver a rallying cry that they should “act with all… Read more »
Category Archives: UNITED NATIONS
UN to EU: Don’t backtrack on climate goals amid energy pinch
GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) — The acting U.N. human rights chief on Monday urged European Union member states to avoid “backtracking” on their efforts to develop renewables and energy-efficiency projects at… Read more »
UN nuclear watchdog chief in Ukraine to talk safety support
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s director-general arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday for talks with senior government officials on delivering “urgent technical assistance” to ensure the safety of… Read more »
Russia-West tensions inflame UN debate on Mali peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Tensions between Russia and the West are aggravating talks about the future of one of the United Nations’ biggest and most perilous peacekeeping operations, the force… Read more »
UN chief: Governments’ inaction on climate is ‘dangerous’
BERLIN,Germany (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned Tuesday of a “dangerous disconnect” between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing… Read more »
UN: Climate shocks, war fuel multiple looming food crises
ROME, Italy (AP) — Two U.N. food agencies issued stark warnings Monday about multiple, looming food crises on the planet, driven by climate “shocks” like drought and worsened by the… Read more »
World Food Program chief presses billionaires ‘to step up’
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s World Food Program is telling billionaires it’s “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises with Russia’s… Read more »
UN: 18 nations have gone green on climate, raked in green
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — Proponents of clean energy and thinks tanks have long said it’s possible to reduce emissions and keep an economy growing. Now the latest report from… Read more »
‘Vaccine apartheid’: Africans tell UN they need vaccines
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As wealthy countries begin to consider whether to offer their populations a third COVID-19 shot, African nations still waiting for their first gave this stark reminder… Read more »
Ukraine’s leader takes UN to task as ‘retired superhero’
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Leaders who are “playing” at unity and stuffing pressing problems into an overflowing bag of woe. A world that’s in the same boat, but first-class passengers… Read more »