World is ‘on notice’ as major UN report shows one million species face extinction
May 07, 2019, at 08:55 am
New York, May 7 (IBNS): A hard-hitting report into the impact of humans on nature shows that nearly one million species risk becoming extinct within decades, while current efforts to conserve the earth’s resources will likely fail without radical action, UN biodiversity experts said on Monday.
Disasters: UN report shows climate change causing ‘dramatic rise’ in economic losses
Oct 11, 2018, at 07:56 am
New York, Oct 11 (IBNS): Climate-related and geophysical disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis have killed 1.3 million people over the last 20 years and left a further 4.4 billion injured, homeless or in need of emergency assistance, UN experts said on Wednesday.