Inside the UN compound’s water bottling plant, workers in protective gear operate machines that fill five-gallon reusable plastic bottles ... initiative of the United Nations Support Office ...

United Nations Day, celebrated every year on October ... the UN's role in promoting international peace, human rights, and development. The organization, which began with 51 member states, now ...

Developing nations are suffering the worst ... Azerbaijan, for the yearly United Nations climate talks. Climate finance is high on the agenda – specifically, the vexed question of who pays.

The Biden administration has backtracked from supporting a cap on plastic production as part of the United ... small island developing states, and a coalition of African countries, among others.

A report from the United Nations' trade and development agency UNCTAD highlighted how slow growth, soaring debt burdens, and weak investment and trade, were holding back developing countries and ...

Within the 2009 Copenhagen Accord, 43 developed countries, including the United States, pledged to jointly mobilize US$100 billion a year by 2020 to "address the needs of developing countries." ...

The fact that plastics pollute the environment and generate problems has been well-researched in many areas. However, there is little information on the impacts of plastics on climate and biodiversity ...

A new study maps out a plan that could put an end to plastic pollution by 2050, turning the tide on a bleak future for the planet.

China called on developed countries to see squarely their historic responsibilities and provide sufficient, predictable, and sustainable financial support for developing countries to help them ...

The appeal came during a high-level ministerial roundtable on pre-2030 ambition at the United Nations climate ... they must be made accessible to developing countries. Developing countries need ...