Bonn: UN climate conference aims for greater ambition as 2017 set to be among top three hottest years

Nov 07, 2017, at 09:50 am

New York, Nov 7(Just Earth News): The United Nations Climate Conference opened on Monday in Bonn, Germany, with the aim of a greater ambition for climate action, as the world body’s weather agency issued a stark warning that 2017 is set to be among the three hottest years on record.

UN reports more than 300 migrant deaths on Mediterranean crossing in first two months of 2017

Feb 25, 2017, at 11:39 am

New York, Feb 25 (Just Earth News): An estimated 366 migrants died at sea during their Mediterranean journey to Europe in the first 53 days of 2017, down from 425 of the comparable period of last year, the United Nations migration agency said on Friday.

World Bank sees ‘moderate’ pick up for global economy in 2017 despite weak investment

Jan 12, 2017, at 12:15 pm

New York, Jan 12 (Just Earth News): Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 per cent in 2017 after a post-crisis low last year, the World Bank said in a report released on Wednesday.

After five years of ‘ruthless war’ in Syria, 2017 can be a year of diplomacy, says UN envoy

Jan 06, 2017, at 01:55 pm

New York, Jan 6 (Just Earth News): Looking back over the past month, which saw some of the most difficult challenges for humanitarian workers in Syria but which also witnessed evacuations of thousands of civilians from war-ravaged eastern Aleppo, United Nations envoys for Syria said on Thursday that things have to change in 2017 and that “it can change in 2017.”

At governing body, UN atomic agency chief highlights agency’s priorities for 2017

Nov 18, 2016, at 02:00 pm

New York, Nov 18 (Just Earth News): Nuclear safety and security, health and nutrition, and food and agriculture will be the main technical programmes for the United Nations atomic agency next year, its head told the agency’s governing body.

South Sudan will face escalating food crisis in 2017, UN agriculture agency warns

Nov 08, 2016, at 02:11 pm

New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): As the conflict in South Sudan grinds on, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Monday that 31 per cent of the country’s population, or 3.7 million people, are facing a severe food security risk, despite the end of the lean food season and start of harvests – a major increase from the one million who were in a similar situation at this time last year.