Irish delegation to push Government stance on Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan crisis at General Assembly

IPC organisation declares mass starvation as Israeli cabinet approves plans for takeover of Gaza City

130 Palestinians killed in 24 hours, one of the highest totals in recent weeks, says Gaza’s health ministry

Even the sea is like ‘swimming in soup’ for some, as climate effects become more obvious

Some US officials opposed giving funds to group over concerns about violence near aid distribution sites

European Union and United Nations join growing international calls for immediate diplomacy

Binyamin Netanyahu congratulates Donald Trump; UN head warns against ‘spiral of chaos’

Failure to significantly scale up protection of oceans from deep sea mining and sea beds from 'bottom trawling' was widely criticised

UN secretary general António Guterres urges world leaders to move ‘from plundering to protection’

Some consequences will be ‘irreversible over hundreds, if not thousands of years’, says UN agency

This year’s World Economic Forum was dominated by the potential ramifications of Trump’s second term

Social media owners should be held responsible for ‘poisoning society’, Pedro Sánchez tells World Economic Forum in Davos

Walkout by some developing countries confirms climate finance is the major blocker to progress

‘Standing still is retreat and the world will rightly judge us very harshly if this is the outcome’ warns UK’s Ed Miliband

Kyiv fears US president-elect Donald Trump will press for quick and unfavourable peace deal with Moscow

A chasm remains between countries who believe carbon pollution is the source of our collective ills and those who believe oil and gas are to be used to drive their economies

Planet Business: Mattel’s red face, Donald Trump’s wild appointments and the concept of a Minister for Loneliness

UN chief welcomes ‘high ambition coalition’ including Ireland which is pushing for more ambitious outcome

2024 was ‘masterclass in climate destruction’, António Guterres tells global leaders

If Ireland delivers a credible food/health/climate strategy for the 2025 conferences it should open longer-term possibilities