United Nations

Plastic Consumption On Course To Nearly Double By 2050: Research

Plastic use in G20 countries is on course to nearly double by the middle of the century unless a comprehensive and legally binding global treaty to curb co...

Ukraine Wants One-Year Grain Deal Extension To Include New Ports

Ukraine will ask Türkiye and the United Nations this week to start talks to roll over the Black Sea grain deal, seeking an extension of at least one y...

Ukraine Seeks Higher Tonnage Ships To Boost Exports Under Grain Deal

Ukraine's agriculture ministry has proposed increasing the minimal tonnage of ships which carry grain and vegetable oil from the country via a grain corrid...

World Food Prices Declined For Tenth Month Running In January, FAO Says

World food prices fell in January for a tenth consecutive month, and are now down some 18% from a record high hit last March following Russia's invasion of...

UN Chief Urges 'Credible' Net-Zero Pledges Or Risk Greenwashing

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on business leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos to follow the principles outlin...

Countries Split On Plastics Treaty Focus As UN Talks Close

The first round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty ended on Friday with agreement to end plastic pollution but a split on whether goals and effort...

World Food Price Index Ticks Lower In November: FAO

The United Nations food agency's world price index fell marginally in November, marking an eighth straight monthly fall since a record high in Ma...

Ahold Delhaize Sets New CO2 Emission Reduction Targets

Dutch retailer Ahold Delhaize has set new CO2 emission reduction goals of at least 37% across its value chain (scope 3), and 50% across its own operations...