The world is “losing the race” against climate change, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Thursday at the elite Davos forum, demanding bolder action from governments to arrest catastrophic warming.
Read MoreOPEC should join climate change fight efforts and prepare for the global energy transition away from oil, the executive secretary of the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change said in an interview with Bloomberg.
Read MoreMore than 1.1 billion people in developing countries lack access to electricity. Some 590 million live in Africa, where the rural electrification rate is particularly low at only 14%.
Read MoreNon-government groups have welcomed a United Nations report that recommends a “zero-failure objective” and establishing a UN Environment stakeholder forum to strengthen tailings dam regulations. The UN’s “Mine Tailings Storage: Safety is no accident” report looked at why existing engineering and technical knowhow was insufficient to meet the target of zero catastrophic incidents.
Read MoreHeavily in debt and still suffering ruinous violence, South Sudan desperately needs to lift oil production and has bright hopes to send exports to neighbouring Ethiopia. The government in Juba has even suggested that output could reach 0.5m barrels a day, the level it says it was pumping before civil war broke out in 2013.
Read MoreA United Nations report has said mining companies should ramp up their engagement, partnership and dialogue with other industry sectors, government, civil society and local communities to help meet sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Read MoreNiger is consistently ranked on the UN Human Development Index as one of the poorest countries in the world. Spiraling population growth along with frequent droughts has made it nearly impossible to reduce the poverty rate. Subsistence farmers usually move to the cities for work during the country’s long dry season.
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