China will host an extra round of climate talks in October before a UN summit in Cancun at year's end as nations attempt to devise a post-2012 treaty, state media said Monday, quoting a UN official.United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director A
ATHENS (Reuters) - World investments in a greener economy are lagging despite some success even in poor nations and the G20 summit this weekend is a chance to catch up, the head of the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) said.Green spending gives "a very real
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The world's oceans are virtually choking on rising greenhouse gases, destroying marine ecosystems and breaking down the food chain -- irreversible changes that have not occurred for several million years, a new study says.The changes co
More than 90 countries have approved the creation of a scientific panel on biodiversity, the dream of many scientists around the world.The panel will peer-review scientific research on biodiversity and ecosystems to ensure governments are receiving top-le
The world's biodiversity and ecosystems deliver services to humanity estimated to be worth as much as the world gross national income, the UN environment programme (UNEP) said Thursday.In a study released two days before World Environment Day is held in R
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SEOUL (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) maintained a global climate treaty was better than a range of small-scale agreements, but said it was unlikely a deal to combat global warming would be reached this year.The prospect of a
Gorillas in central Africa are in danger from illegal logging, mining and from hunters who are killing great apes for meat, said a joint report from the United Nations and Interpol released Wednesday.A previous report in 2002 estimated that only 10 percen
<div id="subtitle">UN: Polluted water killing, sickening millions every year, killing more people than warMore people die from polluted water every year than from all forms of violence, including war, the U.N. said in a report Monday that highlights
<div id="subtitle">UN warns of threats from high-tech waste in developing countriesSales of household electrical gadgets will boom across the developing world in the next decade, wreaking environmental havoc if there are no new strategies to deal wi
