A mega election year is ushering in a different breed of net zero lawmakers
Brazil’s Leticia Carvalho sets out pro-conservation stance ahead of vote to elect International Seabed Authority chief
Report says issue will still affect 600mn people by the end of the decade
Draft policy document pushes for corporate cuts in emissions rather than using multimillion-dollar carbon trading market
Landmark opinion by International Court of Justice adds to Israel’s diplomatic isolation
Simon Stiell warned countries faced ‘endless debt cycles’ as they borrowed to rebuild after climate disasters
UN report shows earlier — and lower — peak for number of people in the world to reach its maximum level
African country will lead coalition aiming to bolster police force overwhelmed by fierce fighting in the Caribbean nation
The prize is huge if we can agree on standards and get this right
Move by leaders of rich nations puts them on collision course with China, India and Saudi Arabia after UN talks end in failure
Karim Khan particularly concerned by ‘ethnically motivated’ attacks on civilian populations in Darfur region
Alcohol, food, tobacco and fossil fuel sectors oppose efforts to target conditions linked to 2.7mn deaths a year, warns WHO
Months of tensions boil over after UN chief adds Israeli military to blacklist for failing to protect children in conflict
UN agency says aquaculture boom will boost food security but critics say it harms fragile marine ecosystems
Battle to limit temperature rise will be ‘won or lost’ this decade, says António Guterres
Organisation urged to update its conflict of interest guidelines to ‘ensure this does not happen again’
ICJ rules on South Africa’s request to stop fighting in Gaza and calls conditions in southern city ‘disastrous’
Netanyahu’s government faced in quick succession with call for arrest warrants over Gaza and order to halt Rafah assault
Ambassador to the global body accuses it of being a ‘collaborator with Hamas’
Moscow’s veto over extending panel’s mandate leaves west without means of enforcing international curbs on Pyongyang
Baku still ‘working on’ its own climate plan as president argues fossil fuels will be needed for ‘years to come’
Campaign groups raise concerns that schemes will fund damaging solutions after complaints over plant involving Danone
Human rights chief says he is horrified by destruction at Nasser and al-Shifa medical facilities
Independent review commissioned by UN says relief agency needs to improve neutrality
Washington’s opposition kills Algerian proposal that would have in effect granted statehood
