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MARRAKECH: New initiatives on forest protection give boost to climate action agenda

Photo:Forest loss contributes to 1/6 of annual greenhouse gas emissions.

MARRAKECH: UN conference spotlights water, the ‘first victim’ of climate change, as part of the solution

Photo:Collecting clean water in Badnoogo village, Burkina Faso.

Small farmers can earn big returns by investing in climate adaptation, new UN report finds

Photo:Small-scale family farmers and rural communities are highly vulnerable to extreme weather e

New direct funding available for low- and middle-income countries to regulate tobacco – UN

8 November 2016

Aiming to curb pregnancy risks and improve experience, UN launches new prenatal care model

Photo:A health worker immunizes a pregnant woman inside at health center in Aurangabad, India.

Past five years hottest on record, says UN weather agency

Photo:A portion of one of the more than 200 islands of Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Oce

Future of food security depends on irrigation methods that adapt to climate change – UN agency

7 November 2016

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

Photo:Disruptions to markets are worsening food insecurity in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Suda

Nearly one billion travel abroad in first nine months of 2016 – UN agency

Photo:Digue Island, Seychelles.

‘Dramatic’ action needed to cut emissions, slow rise in global temperature – UN Environment report

Photo:World must urgently increase action and ambition to cut another 25 per cent off 2030 emissi