Sharply rising temperatures across the globe continue to endanger the safety of workers and impact communities with the “least capacity for adaptation,” according to a senior economist at the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Climate Litigation Report reveals spike in cases demanding action
The total number of court cases focused on climate action has more than doubled since 2017 and is growing worldwide, according to a new report published on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
UN weather agency warns July likely warmest month on record
As wildfires raged across Southern Europe and North Africa, top UN climate scientists said on Thursday that it was “virtually certain” that July 2023 will be the warmest on record.
Warming trend in Asia set to cause more disruption: UN weather agency
Climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which is warming faster than the global average, the World Meteorological Office (WMO) said in a new report published on Thursday.
Heatwave threat impacts half of all children in Europe and Central Asia
Half of all children in Europe and Central Asia, 92 million, are exposed to high heatwave frequency, or double the global average, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday in a new policy brief.
The UN’s milestone operation to salvage Yemen’s stricken oil tanker: Key questions answered
After nearly two years of “political groundwork, fundraising, and project development”, in the words of UN chief António Guterres, the UN-led operation to avert environmental disaster in the Red Sea of the Yemeni coast, is fully underway.
‘Disaster emergency’ underway in Asia-Pacific, warns ESCAP
Asia and the Pacific has a “narrow window” to protect its hard-won gains, as climate change supercharges disasters and impacts billions there, the UN’s development body spanning the vast region said on Tuesday.
Yemen: High stakes UN operation underway to avert catastrophic oil spill
The UN has started a complex operation to transfer crude oil from a decaying supertanker stranded off the coast of Yemen since 2015.
Transformative power of food production in Mauritius: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
Transforming the way food is produced on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mauritius could help to fight climate change as well as accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the UN’s most senior representative in the country.
At Caribbean Summit, UN chief calls for climate action, debt relief, and urgent aid for Haiti
The UN chief advocated for climate crisis solutions, debt relief mechanisms, and urgent assistance to Haiti, addressing world leaders on Monday at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Summit in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
