— World leaders spoke at an event called “Summit of the Future,” with many focusing on emerging threats, to the earth's climate, on the battlefield and in cyberspace.

Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations addressed the shared challenges of global warming on Monday, the final day ...

DMUSD Superintendent Holly McClurg at the United Nations Global Goals Earth Day Summit. (Courtesy EUSD) Local students present their work at the inaugural United Nations Global Goals Earth Day Summit.

That momentum carried into the 1992 Earth Summit, which established the United Nations framework for addressing environmental challenges, most notably through the Conference of Parties, or COPs.

This year's push against that ceiling could impact decisions and negotiations at the United Nations climate change summit this year. The news is not all bad.

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and ...

Sibel Manafova watched her homeland of Azerbaijan transform as nearly 200 countries came together there for the Conference of the Parties (COP29), the annual United Nations climate summit. “I’ve never ...

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, or Earth Summit), held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, ushered in the era of "sustainable development" and, thanks to ...

The United Nations Prepares for a High-Stakes Summit Along with wars in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine, the issues of sustainability, pandemic prevention, and nuclear weapons are on the agenda.

Thirty years ago, world leaders met at the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio and appeared to commit to action to tackle two of the world's greatest environmental threats.

Thirty years ago, world leaders met at the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio and appeared to commit to action to tackle two of the world's greatest environmental threats. The Earth Summit ...

A new draft of a deal on cash to curb and adapt to climate change released Friday at the United Nations climate summit pledged $250 billion annually by 2035 from wealthy countries to poorer ones ...