The Latest Breaking News from Inger Andersen

Plans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’

International funding to shield people from heatwaves, floods and droughts only 5-10% of what is needed, report finds

An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is failing

The EPP, the European parliament’s largest group, says it supports climate goals but objects to ‘bad proposal’

Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that nightlife noise can harm health and infringe on citizens’ right to peace and quiet in a landmark verdict that has widespread implications.

Representatives from nearly 200 countries are meeting in Paris this week for the latest talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution. While not expected to produce a final agreement, the session could lay crucial groundwork for reducing the use of plastics worldwide.

A new UN report says that the plastic pollution crisis, while dire, is solvable

Changes needed are major but also practical and affordable, report says, and would bring trillions of dollars in benefits

More than 60 US scientists, including James Hansen, renowned former Nasa climate researcher, sign open letter

A UN report and a warning from scientists comes amid tests from new geoengineering companies.

Egypt is mobilizing efforts to support water and food security in Africa, calling on the international community to finance "climate adaptation" in the continent. The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Swailem, met in Kenya with the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, to…