Lead pollution in ancient Rome was so high that it dropped the population’s IQ by around 3 points, if not more. Elites were exposed to lead through water pipes, cooking pots, bath tubs ...

UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen says environmental multilateralism is vital for global health and prosperity. Urging ...

As she watched her five-month-old son lying in intensive care, wires and tubes crisscrossing his tiny body, Uyanga cursed her ...

More than a dozen countries took part in informal talks aimed at unblocking negotiations to stem a global wave of plastic ...

If so, military personnel at all levels would face a crucial question: Would they stand up for the military’s independent role in maintaining the integrity and stability of American democracy or ...

For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...

There are cycles for the effectiveness of global ideas. If an idea has to overwinter politically for a while, that doesn't ...

A make-or-break second meeting of COP16 delegates finally ended with a landmark agreement in the early hours of Friday morning.

Global negotiators concluded an extended session of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, with key commitments on funds needed and the institutions through which the funds will be channel ...

WWF warns that if countries heading to Rome for the resumed UN biodiversity conference (COP16.2) cannot agree on a way forward on finance, it will be a major setback for the Global Biodiversity ...

Plastic pollution is so ubiquitous that microplastics ... wake of a last-ditch COP16 finance deal on biodiversity agreed in Rome last week by delegates from some 150 countries.