Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept & continue
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign InmyFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
    Most Read
    • UK faces first national train drivers’ strike in 25 years
    • Crypto collapse reverberates widely among black American investors
    • My garlic for a home: China struggles to revive property sector
    • Six dead after gunman attacks July 4 holiday parade in Chicago suburb
    • Germany draws up law to take stakes in struggling gas importers
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • Crypto collapse reverberates widely among black American investors
    • How the man behind the Apple Store presided over a Spac catastrophe
    • Michael Lewis: ‘The thing that really works for Trump is: the system’s rigged’
    • Six dead after gunman attacks July 4 holiday parade in Chicago suburb
    • Why groupthink might be a good thing after all
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • EY boosts accountancy title inflation by dubbing senior staff ‘partner’
    • KPMG’s business in UAE split by partner infighting and coup attempt
    • How the man behind the Apple Store presided over a Spac catastrophe
    • China’s Warren Buffett-backed BYD overtakes Tesla in global EV sales
    • First female chair of Herbert Smith Freehills says flexible working made role attractive
  • Tech
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Cryptocurrencies
    Most Read
    • Live news updates: Europe gas flows under renewed pressure after Norway’s Equinor hit by strike
    • Foreign investors dump record $33bn of Indian stocks since October
    • Bundesbank boss warns against ‘fatal’ assumptions in ECB crisis tool
    • Emerging markets are in better shape than you think
    • Liquidity strains in markets need structural fixes
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • Erdoğan is an infuriating but indispensable ally
    • Why groupthink might be a good thing after all
    • What to wear to the office when it’s too hot to wear anything
    • Overturning Roe will deny women life-saving treatment for late miscarriages like my own
    • Companies should follow through on pledges to leave Russia
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    Most Read
    • Michael Lewis: ‘The thing that really works for Trump is: the system’s rigged’
    • Meet the founders with the boomerang factor
    • British Rail: A New History — a timely reminder of how to run a railway
    • Pop-up leaders and flexible staff are ready for a new crisis
    • How can I move from being a specialist police detective to financial services?
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • What to wear to the office when it’s too hot to wear anything
    • Swimsuits to make a splash in 
    • Rule, Nostalgia — a sharp new history of longing for the good old days
    • To catch a rare-book thief
    • Should you brave fuel queues and blackouts to keep holidaying in Sri Lanka?
  • HTSI
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • US
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • HTSI
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In

Your guide to a disrupted world

Start a 4-week trial

United Nations

Add to myFT Digest

Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Climate change
    Push to halt biodiversity loss with legally binding EU targets

    New laws come as UN shifts delayed COP15 summit from China to Canada to address extinction of species

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    Climate change
    UN climate talks end in acrimony and accusations of betrayal

    Fiery debates over key issue of finance for poor to combat global warming as energy and food crises escalate

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Americas economy
    How food inflation is swallowing Latin America’s dietary staples

    Cost of items such as potatoes, beef and tortillas are soaring in a particular blow to the region’s poorest

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran to remove 27 cameras from nuclear facilities

    Move represents dramatic escalation in Islamic republic’s stand-off with west

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    UN warns of hunger risk as talks stall over Ukraine grain blockade

    Disputes persist over access to Black Sea port of Odesa as Kyiv fears more attacks

  • Saturday, 4 June, 2022
    LexClimate change
    Direct air capture: new technology will speed up net zero Premium content

    Costs are at least $250 per tonne of CO₂ removed

  • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    UN envoy ‘unable to assess’ scale of Xinjiang repression

    Michelle Bachelet’s Uyghur human rights investigation has been stymied by Beijing and expediency

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    ‘Ashamed’ Russian diplomat resigns over war in Ukraine

    Adviser at UN mission in Geneva condemns invasion in social media posts

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Rwanda
    Africa’s most wanted man confirmed dead by UN

    Remains of Rwandan genocide fugitive found in Zimbabwean graveyard

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Lebanon
    UN lambasts Lebanon’s central bank for ‘human rights violations’

    Banque du Liban criticised in report for alleged role in ‘man-made crisis’ that pushed population into poverty

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Singapore
    UN appeals to Singapore to spare life of Malaysian with learning disability

    Nagaenthran Dharmalingam’s death sentence a ‘black spot’ for one of world’s most liberal economies

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Sri Lanka
    UN asks Sri Lanka to negotiate ‘debt-for-nature’ swaps to ease economic meltdown

    Indian Ocean island nation has been rocked by protests against food, medicine and fuel shortages

  • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
    Pilita Clark
    Some work jargon is a lot worse than others

    Corporate gibberish is tedious but baffling climate change words are actively harmful

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Climate change
    Landmark UN report on global warming solutions delayed by top polluters

    US, China and Saudi Arabia wrangle about responsibilities for greenhouse gas emissions

  • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
    FT live news
    Live news from March 29: Russia says it will ease military activities in Kyiv, EU states expel Russian diplomats
  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    Global InsightEdward Luce
    The west is rash to assume the world is on its side over Ukraine

    It runs the risk of mistaking a local consensus on Russian aggression for a global one

  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
    Plastic pollution
    World leaders agree to draw up ‘historic’ treaty on plastic pollution

    Ambitious resolution defies pushback from vested interests led by the petrochemicals industry

  • Tuesday, 1 March, 2022
    Climate change
    Risks to global supply chains rising as climate change worsens, IPCC warns

    Extreme weather to drive up prices for essential goods as world warms beyond 1.5C since pre-industrial era

  • Monday, 28 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    More than 500,000 Ukrainians flee fighting, says UN

    At least 100 civilians including children have died though the real figure is likely to be ‘considerably higher’

  • Monday, 28 February, 2022
    Climate change
    Climate change risks are greater than thought, warns IPCC report

    Latest analysis of world’s ability to cope with global warming is a ‘damning indictment of failed leadership’, says UN

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    Plastic pollution
    Manufacturers lobby to weaken UN global plastics treaty proposal

    Negotiations over landmark draft agreement lead to battle over scope of pollution problem

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    West threatens reprisals after Putin launches Ukraine invasion

    UN secretary-general pleads with Russia to withdraw troops ‘in the name of humanity’

  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    Climate ETF on brink of failure months after UN summit launch

    NTZO has attracted less than $2mn in assets despite funding commitments from banks

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia responds to US’s Ukraine proposal as diplomacy shows signs of life

    Moscow sends written ‘follow-up’ to Washington on eve of call between Lavrov and Blinken

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    Dieter Helm
    We are all complicit in climate change — so we should all pay to fix it

    Cognitive dissonance, carbon pricing and what a sustainable economy would look like

Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

Topics related to Govt/public service/NGO

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsGroup SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on TwitterFT ChannelsSecondary Schools

Tools

PortfolioToday's Newspaper (ePaper)Alerts HubBusiness School RankingsEnterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

Community & Events

FT CommunityFT LiveFT ForumsFT Board DirectorBoard Director Programme

More from the FT Group

Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2022. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Financial Times

International Edition

Subscribe for full access
  • Switch to UK Edition
  • Top sections
  • Home
  • World
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
  • US
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Cryptocurrencies
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • HTSI
  • Special Reports
  • FT recommends
  • Lex
  • Alphaville
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • FTfm
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • FT Community
    • FT Live
    • FT Forums
    • Board Director Programme
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In