United Nations
Nature’s Paris moment: does the global bid to stem wildlife decline go far enough?
There are concerns a new UN biodiversity framework is not ambitious enough and calls for Australia to take a leading role
Lisa Cox
23, Jul, 2021 @8:00 PM
Stonehenge may be next UK site to lose world heritage status
Britain is eroding global reputation for conserving its historic assets, culture bodies are warning
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent
23, Jul, 2021 @3:58 PM
Why could Stonehenge be stripped of world heritage site status?
Unesco expresses concern that ‘substantial harm’ would be caused by the proposed cut-and-cover road tunnel
Matthew Weaver
23, Jul, 2021 @3:33 PM
US joins condemnation of Turkish plan for Cyprus ‘ghost town’
Turkey’s president told move to open up Varosha in northern Cyprus will clash with UN resolutions
Helena Smith in Athens
21, Jul, 2021 @5:19 PM
Liverpool has been vandalising its waterfront for a decade – it’s shocking Unesco didn’t act sooner | Oliver Wainwright
Losing world heritage status has shone a light on the city’s redevelopment from maritime metropolis to pound-shop Shanghai, plagued by allegations of bribery and corruption
Oliver Wainwright
21, Jul, 2021 @4:09 PM
Unesco strips Liverpool of its world heritage status
UN body says years of development have caused ‘irreversible loss’ to historic value of Victorian docks
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent
21, Jul, 2021 @11:37 AM
Alarm grows over migrants’ hunger strike in Brussels
Belgian government under pressure to offer residence permits to hundreds of migrants on hunger strike
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
20, Jul, 2021 @10:34 AM
Joanna Lumley and Jason Momoa join prominent group backing Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger’ listing
Exclusive: Stars, activists, conservationists and Prince Albert of Monaco unite in support of Unesco’s recommendation to world heritage committee
Graham Readfearn
20, Jul, 2021 @5:49 AM
UK bus privatisation breached basic rights, says ex-UN rapporteur
Report blasts ‘more expensive, unreliable’ routes outside London that have cut people off from communities and essential services
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
19, Jul, 2021 @5:52 PM
Chinese Unesco official defends plan to list Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’
Tian Xuejun rejects Australia’s ‘groundless accusations’ that China influenced the finding to score political points
Graham Readfearn and Adam Morton
19, Jul, 2021 @3:34 AM
Australian environment groups urge UN to put Great Barrier Reef on ‘in danger’ list
Letter to world heritage committee comes as minister embarks on week of lobbying against change
Graham Readfearn
12, Jul, 2021 @5:30 PM
Almost one in three globally go hungry during pandemic – UN
Leap in malnutrition during Covid shows urgent need to overhaul global food systems, report warns
Kaamil Ahmed
12, Jul, 2021 @1:50 PM
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