Negotiators from 195 nations tasked with crafting a universal climate pact are driven by twin fears tugging in opposite directions, which may result in a hollow deal, say analysts. The all-too-real ...

Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to forge a landmark treaty on eliminating the life-threatening ...

New global tax rules that could help fund climate action, protect nature, and reduce inequality are being negotiated at the historic UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UNFCITC), ...

Rival Cypriot leaders failed Friday to make progress in reviving UN-backed peace talks that collapsed more than two years ago but agreed to meet UN chief Antonio Guterres later this year. "The two ...

A person sitting at a table with her hand over her face. A delegate covers her face with her hand as negotiations at the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Programme ...

The detente achieved at UN talks that concluded with a framework for a world climate pact is only temporary, achieved by kicking the difficult decisions down the road, parties and observers say. But ...

The UN announced Wednesday that tourism will get two dedicated days at COP30, the global climate talks in Belém, Brazil. The tourism events will take place on November 19 and 20, marking the second ...