The UN can end the Middle East conflict by welcoming Palestine as a memberThe June 2025 UN Conference on Palestine presents a historic opportunity for a lasting peace solution in the Middle East.
What's Happening to Protect Nature? This Month, There's a Major Push.The largest UN biodiversity conference will address severe global biodiversity decline; urgent action is needed to prevent an impending extinction crisis.
China resists mounting pressure to do more on climate changeChina is resisting calls for ambitious climate action ahead of the U.N. Conference, affecting global climate goals.
COP29: Climate funding in the spotlight DW 11/11/2024The UN climate conference emphasizes financial support for developing countries affected by climate change, with significant debates on funding between wealthier and poorer nations.
Climate Change: Are women the answer?Women are crucial for climate solutions but lack representation in leadership roles.
Luke O'Neill: Lessons I learnt in Australia about why we need to move fast to save the planetClimate change is causing significant health impacts, particularly through heat stress.Global climate negotiations are becoming increasingly urgent as the crisis escalates.
Why fertile land is turning to desert DW 12/06/2024Almost half of Earth's land is threatened by desertification, exacerbated by human activities and climate change, impacting food security and livelihoods.
What's Happening to Protect Nature? This Month, There's a Major Push.The largest UN biodiversity conference will address severe global biodiversity decline; urgent action is needed to prevent an impending extinction crisis.
China resists mounting pressure to do more on climate changeChina is resisting calls for ambitious climate action ahead of the U.N. Conference, affecting global climate goals.
COP29: Climate funding in the spotlight DW 11/11/2024The UN climate conference emphasizes financial support for developing countries affected by climate change, with significant debates on funding between wealthier and poorer nations.
Climate Change: Are women the answer?Women are crucial for climate solutions but lack representation in leadership roles.
Luke O'Neill: Lessons I learnt in Australia about why we need to move fast to save the planetClimate change is causing significant health impacts, particularly through heat stress.Global climate negotiations are becoming increasingly urgent as the crisis escalates.
Why fertile land is turning to desert DW 12/06/2024Almost half of Earth's land is threatened by desertification, exacerbated by human activities and climate change, impacting food security and livelihoods.
Nations Fail to Reach an Agreement on Plastic PollutionDelegates at the UN conference in Busan failed to agree on a treaty to combat plastic pollution, with key differences remaining among nations.
UN nature summit approves Indigenous consultative body DW 11/02/2024Creation of a permanent advisory body for Indigenous peoples marks a significant breakthrough in nature conservation efforts at the UN conference.
UN biodiversity talks: Is the world at a tipping point? DW 10/21/2024Biodiversity is collapsing due to human activities and urgent action is needed to reverse this trend.
New framework for biodiversity credits rules out a global offsetting exchangeGlobal biodiversity offsetting is deemed ineffective by experts, highlighting the need for local solutions rather than a global credit market.
Cop16 at a glance: the big issues that will define talks at Colombia's UN summitCountries must take action on biodiversity agreements made previously, or face the risk of continued degradation of ecosystems.
UN nature summit approves Indigenous consultative body DW 11/02/2024Creation of a permanent advisory body for Indigenous peoples marks a significant breakthrough in nature conservation efforts at the UN conference.
UN biodiversity talks: Is the world at a tipping point? DW 10/21/2024Biodiversity is collapsing due to human activities and urgent action is needed to reverse this trend.
New framework for biodiversity credits rules out a global offsetting exchangeGlobal biodiversity offsetting is deemed ineffective by experts, highlighting the need for local solutions rather than a global credit market.
Cop16 at a glance: the big issues that will define talks at Colombia's UN summitCountries must take action on biodiversity agreements made previously, or face the risk of continued degradation of ecosystems.
Eight countries pledge to ban corporal punishment in fundamental shift' for childrenEight countries commit to banning corporal punishment, signaling a major shift in child protection efforts globally.
Shutting Afghan women out of key UN conference to appease Taliban a betrayal'Excluding Afghan women from the UN conference in Doha undermines women's rights and could legitimize Taliban abuses.