First person: COVID-19 is not a silver lining for the climate, says UN Environment chief
Apr 05, 2020, at 10:40 pm
New York/IBNS: Greenhouse gas emissions are down and air quality has gone up, as governments react to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, has cautioned against viewing this as a boon for the environment. In this First Person editorial, Ms. Andersen calls instead for a profound, systemic shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and the planet.
Key COP26 climate summit postponed to ‘safeguard lives
Apr 03, 2020, at 11:56 am
New York/IBNS: With no end in sight to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the UN climate change talks which were due to take place in Scotland later in the year, have been postponed until October 2021.
Mild quake hits Himachal Pradesh
Mar 30, 2020, at 04:47 pm
Shimla/UNI: A mild earthquake, measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale, jolted parts of Chamba district in the state on Monday.
World Ocean benefits from reduced pollution sparked by COVID-19 – Ocean alliance
Mar 27, 2020, at 05:27 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Andrei Savenkov - The World Ocean is benefiting from the reduction of pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic brought about by temporarily disrupted air traffic and diminished production, among other things, Paul Holthus, president of the World Ocean Council (WOC), told Sputnik.
Magnitude 7.6 quake occurs 300 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: Russian Seismologists
Mar 25, 2020, at 12:10 pm
Vladivostok/Sputnik/UNI: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred some 500 kilometers (300 miles) from the Russian Far Eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the Kamchatka office of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences said.
Mar 24, 2020, at 11:21 am
New York/IBNS: Floods, extreme rainfall, droughts and melting glaciers…many of the major signs of climate change involve water. On this year’s World Meteorological Day, the UN weather agency (WMO) is reinforcing the message of World Water Day, by focusing on the links between climate and water, and calling for better water-related data.
5.3 magnitude earthquake hits Croatia's Zagreb cityÂ
Mar 22, 2020, at 11:29 pm
Zagreb/IBNS: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hit Croatia's capital Zagreb area and left several buildings damaged, media reports sai don Sunday.
Turn around deforestation in 2020, the ‘Nature Super Year’, says Guterres
Mar 22, 2020, at 03:56 pm
New York/IBNS: On the International Day of Forests, which falls on Saturday, UN chief António Guterres is calling for 2020, which has been referred to as a “nature super year”, to be the year that the world turns the tide on deforestation and forestry loss.
Odisha: Mild tremor rocks parts of MalkangiriÂ
Mar 21, 2020, at 03:46 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: A mild tremor measuring 4.2 in the Richter scale was felt in some parts of Malkangiri district in Odisha at 11.14 hours today.
Turn around deforestation in 2020, the ‘Nature Super Year’, says Guterres
Mar 21, 2020, at 10:53 am
New York/IBNS: On the International Day of Forests, which falls on Saturday, UN chief António Guterres is calling for 2020, which has been referred to as a “nature super year”, to be the year that the world turns the tide on deforestation and forestry loss.
5.9-magnitude quake hits Tibet: CENC
Mar 20, 2020, at 04:20 pm
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Xigaze City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, at 9:33 a.m. Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
5.8-magnitude quake hits western Mongolia
Mar 20, 2020, at 04:13 pm
Ulan Bator/Xinhua/UNI: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit the western Mongolian province of Govi-Altai on Friday morning, the country's Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics said.
Blueprint launched to manage Earth’s fragile peatland carbon sinks
Mar 19, 2020, at 12:59 pm
New York/IBNS: A blueprint for how countries can keep carbon in fragile land-based carbon sinks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been unveiled by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea and in the atmosphere
Mar 11, 2020, at 03:38 pm
New York/IBNS: A wide-ranging UN climate report, released on Tuesday, shows that climate change is having a major effect on all aspects of the environment, as well as on the health and wellbeing of the global population.
Mar 04, 2020, at 03:46 pm
Nashik/UNI: More than 1,500 trees were charred when unidentified youths set them on fire in Lonjai village near Vinchur town of Niphad taluka here, report said on Wednesday.
World Wildlife Day: UN chief urges ‘more caring’ relationship with nature
Mar 03, 2020, at 04:32 pm
New York/IBNS: People everywhere need to remember that we depend on Mother Earth to survive, the UN chief said in his message for World Wildlife Day marked on Tuesday, advocating for “a more caring, thoughtful and sustainable relationship with nature”.
Warmer months ahead for many parts of the planet: UN weather agency
Mar 03, 2020, at 04:25 pm
New York/IBNS: Many parts of the world can expect above average temperatures in the coming months even without the presence of an El Niño event to drive warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.
Single-use plastic bag ban goes into effect in New York
Mar 02, 2020, at 09:09 am
New York/Xinhua/UNI: A ban on single-use plastic bags officially took effect in the U.S. state of New York on Sunday, though the state will wait until April 1 to penalize stores that violate the ban.
Kolkata ranks third in poor air quality, Dhaka stands in fourth place
Mar 01, 2020, at 10:20 pm
Dhaka/Kolkata/UNI: Bangladesh’s capital city Dhaka has ranked fourth for poor air in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday.
Himachal Pradesh: Mild quake hits Chamba district
Feb 29, 2020, at 05:22 pm
Shimla/UNI: An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale hit Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district on early Saturday.
Kerala: Two mild earthquakes hit Idukki district
Feb 28, 2020, at 12:20 pm
Idukki/UNI: Two mild earthquakes occurred near Idukki reservoir in this district of Kerala.
Himachal Pradesh: 3.6 magnitude earthquake hits ChambaÂ
Feb 26, 2020, at 06:14 pm
Shimla/UNI: Moderate intensity earthquake of 3.6 magnitude jolted parts of Chamba district of the hilly state on Wednesday.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rattles eastern Turkey - Seismologists
Feb 26, 2020, at 10:32 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: A 5.0 magnitude earthquake has occurred in eastern Turkey, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center.
Feb 25, 2020, at 03:40 pm
New York/IBNS: Because the production of everything we eat transforms the environment, the United Nations agriculture chief told a high-level UN meeting on biodiversity that careful discussions are needed to decide on the scale of acceptable transformations.
Climate change takes toll on Zimbabwe’s natural habitat, UN deputy chief observes
Feb 24, 2020, at 10:06 am
New York/IBNS: Alongside the human population, Africa’s animals are suffering greatly from the effects of climate change, which United Nations Deputy Secretary General Amina Mahommed saw first-hand on Sunday in Zimbabwe.
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake registered off Southern Kuril Islands – Russian seismologists
Feb 24, 2020, at 09:47 am
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk/Sputnik:: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred off the Kuril Islands, a representative of the Sakhalin regional branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GS RAS) told Sputnik.
Xinjiang railway resumes operation after 5.1-magnitude quake
Feb 22, 2020, at 04:52 pm
Urumqi/Xinhua/UNI: Service on a pivotal railway has resumed after a 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday night.
Protecting migratory species in a rapidly changing world
Feb 18, 2020, at 10:02 am
New York/IBNS: Many animals – including birds, fish and mammals – migrate along set routes in search of food or breeding grounds. How best to protect them in a rapidly changing world is the focus of a major UN wildlife meeting which opened in Gandhinagar, India, on Monday.
5.1-magnitude quake hits Teploklyuchenka, Kyrgyzstan
Feb 15, 2020, at 05:22 pm
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 99 km SE of Teploklyuchenka, Kyrgyzstan at 0331 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Act now to prevent Desert Locust catastrophe in Horn of Africa: UN agencies
Feb 11, 2020, at 09:46 am
New York/IBNS: With the rainy season fast approaching, countries in the Horn of Africa are in a race against time to tackle a Desert Locust invasion amidst ongoing humanitarian challenges, the United Nations warned on Monday.