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UNITED NATIONS, September 11 (IPS) - Two weeks after devastating floods struck Nepal, communities across the country are still struggling to meet basic needs as humanitarian efforts continue. The disaster, triggered by a glacial collapse, has become ...

Earth just had the hottest August on record, according to newly released weather data.

KUALA LUMPUR & JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 10 (IPS) - "As parliamentarians, we should understand that behind every demographic indicator is a human story," Kamikawa Yoko, MP Japan and Chair of AFPPD, reminded lawmakers in her opening ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium / MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, September 9 (IPS) - When the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) ended in New York in July, it took two recorded votes for states to pass a ministerial declaration that, until ...

BULAWAYO, September 9 (IPS) - A 12-year-old male lion slipped out of Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park one winter morning and killed a 7-year-old boy in a village it wandered into.

Nepal's call for financial compensation following recent deadly floods underlines the need to help countries that contribute the least to climate change - but are increasingly grappling with its most lethal consequences, the top UN official in the .. ...

When the creek beside Taudibura Garo's school in Papua New Guinea floods, the water doesn't stop at the gate. It rises through the pit toilets - making the school unsafe - sending the 16-year-old and her classmates home without being able to finish.

CASTRIES, Saint Lucia, September 8 (IPS) - The world is now expected to breach the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit that small island states have spent years defending as a threshold for survival.

Tackling air pollution and climate change together can save millions of lives, reduce global warming and generate roughly $15 in economic benefits for every $1 spent, a new UN-backed report has revealed.