The World Bank (WB) on Feb. 2 approved a 70 million USD credit project to help Vietnam tackle climate change challenges.

Now more than ever, leaders need to focus on what matters most - the long-term resilience of people and the planet - the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability urged in its report presented today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Addis Ababa.

eads of state from over thirty African countries have taken part in an event to mark the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) held during the 18th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

​Representatives from 65 countries have agreed to step up efforts to protect the world's oceans from land-based activities, while underlining the central role played by the marine environment in a transition to a low carbon, resource-efficient green economy.

​Financial short-termism represents a critical barrier to businesses' transition to sustainability, according to a new poll.

The world's newest nation South Sudan has become the 197th signatory to the Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol - two multilateral treaties that are helping to restore concentrations of ozone in high altitudes around the planet, thereby protecting life on Earth from the sun's damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays.

The Viet Nam Environment Administration yesterday officially launched the largest ever biodiversity conservation project, aiming to establish a biodiversity corridor in three central provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.