Column - This week's United Nations General Assembly marks nearly 20 years since the body first resolved to restrict bottom trawling on the world's seamounts, submarine mountains that rise thousands ...
The southern reaches of the archipelago are where Palau's most characteristic geological features rise in strange formations. These are the Rock Islands: verdant, small, undercut isles that ...
But how can tiny islands like Comoros or Palau carry enough ... Federation of United Nations Associations, stressed that "we have less than ten years to halt the global rise in greenhouse gas ...
Palau became independent in 1994, after being part of a United Nations trust territory administered by the US. It relies on financial aid from the US, provided under a Compact of Free Association ...
Whipps Jr., president of the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, wants more countries ... economic benefits for Pacific nations dealing with sea level rise and other impacts of climate change.
A 2021 study said climate-driven sea level rise added $8 billion to the storm’s costs. Guterres is amping up his rhetoric on what he calls “climate chaos” and urged richer nations to step up ...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a global SOS on Tuesday, saying ocean temperatures were rising in the Pacific Islands at three times the global average rate. A rise in the ...
The world in which it had to work was abnormal and unstable. The drafters of the Covenant overlooked the rise of aggressor nations and failed to take into account that there would be so much ...
The leaders “agreed to elevate the issue of sea level rise politically”, including at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and “strongly called” for the inclusion of sea-level rise ...
On average, white-collar criminals are middle-aged men. Roughly 15 million Americans have been impacted by identity theft. 91 ...
Nowadays, data breaches are increasingly common. Their impact extends to internet users and nearly every type of ...
submarine mountains that rise thousands of feet above the sea floor and comprise some of the most biologically rich marine ecosystems on the planet. Led by Palau and other small island nations with ...