United Nations

1,000 millennials from 115 countries set to attend Denmark 'hackathon' event next month aimed at coming up with new solutions to try and meet UN SDGs

Ed King sets the scene for next week's crucial shipping conference, where countries will come face to face to try and thrash out a climate strategy for the sector

Nine of the world's largest fishing companies have agreed to a joint UN pact to stamp out overfishing

The US president has just forced climate action up the global political agenda - expect a new wave of investments and bold policy moves to follow

BREAKING: US President will remove the US from the historic global climate accord according to media reports

António Guterres says exiting landmark accord would threaten US economy and society: 'If someone leaves a void, I guarantee someone will fill it'

UN unveils 2MW solar array at Azraq camp, delivering power to 20,000 Syrian refugees

Annual UN-backed analysis of 2016 renewables trends finds cost of deploying solar and wind power falls more than 10 per cent in one year

Move likely to embarrass British government as UN agency says lack of talks with Europe means it should refrain from further work