UN • 2026-10-16

As disasters mount, next UN climate summit faces a test of trust

Less than a month before the UN climate conference COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye, representatives of three successive summit presidencies gathered to address a pressing question: How can the world restore trust in climate action when the consequences of a warming planet are already being felt?

UN • 2026-10-16

Guterres urges faster action and financing to stop biodiversity loss

The United Nations Secretary-General appealed on Friday for governments, businesses and communities to accelerate efforts to protect biodiversity for future generations and all life on Earth.

UN • 2026-10-08

‘Overshoot is not a reason to surrender’: UN calls for accelerated climate action ahead of COP31 summit

As world leaders prepare for November’s major COP31 climate summit in Türkiye, record-breaking heat, devastating floods and an unprecedented El Niño climate pattern are making global climate action ever more urgent.

UN • 2026-10-15

The world is waging a ‘war on nature’ as progress on biodiversity targets lags

Fewer than half of the national targets set to protect the world’s plants, animals and ecosystems are on track, the UN warns in a new report, days before countries gather in Yerevan, Armenia, for the COP17 biodiversity conference.

UN • 2026-10-09

Amid heartache of Nepal flooding disaster, fear remains

Six weeks after Nepal’s deadly flooding disaster, communities are still struggling to rebuild their lives, but they will need sustained help as global warming increases the risk of another Himalayan catastrophe, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.

The Guardian • 2026-10-14

Plan unveiled to increase share of land farmed organically in England to 10%

Government says ambition for 2036 will be good for food and climate resilience, but concerns remain over funding

UN • 2026-10-13

Disasters cost $228 billion in housing losses every year

$228 billion is a staggering amount of money to find, but that’s exactly what communities around the world are faced with every year, to rebuild housing after disaster strikes.

UN • 2026-10-10

In the Mekong Delta, a push to grow food with saltwater

For generations, farming in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta has depended on a delicate bargain. The river flooded, retreated and flooded again, carrying freshwater and sediment across a flat landscape whose vast fields helped turn the country into one of the world’s leading rice exporters.