The Hidden Cost of Green Energy Poor Nations Paying the Price for Global Transition
A new report by United Nations University warns that the extraction of critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt—essential for electric vehicles, renewable energy, and AI—is imposing severe environmental and health costs on vulnerable communities in Africa and South America, deepening global inequality. The report stresses that the so-called “green transition” comes at a price: while wealthy nations reap technological benefits, mining communities face water pollution, scar
UN Climate Change High-Level Champion will unite with non-State actors to advance on solutions for nature and climate
The UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP 28 and President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, H.E. Razan Al...
Ski chiefs join UN experts on climate change 'threat'
The FIS says winter sports "face a bleak future because of climate change". Michael Short BBC Sport Senior Journalist Ski and snowboard...
UN University Report Warns of RiskTipping Points with Irreversible Impacts
A United Nations University report today finds that drastic changes are approaching if risks to our fundamental socio-ecological systems...
Global Youth Unite: Children Demand Urgent Climate Action at COP28
UNICEF and Alana captured testimonies from children and adolescents worldwide in the films of the project “The Important Stuff”. Children...
UN University Report Warns of Risk Tipping Points with Irreversible Impacts
A United Nations University report today finds that drastic changes are approaching if risks to our fundamental socio-ecological systems...
