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PODCAST: Kristine McDivitt Tompkins was one of the largest private landowners in the world before she gave it away

Kristine McDivitt Tompkins made history earlier this year when she completed what is said to be the largest ever transfer of land from a private entity to a government. In a ceremony in Chile with President Michelle Bachelet at...

VIDEO: There is more plastic in the sea, than stars in the galaxy

Those microbeads in your face wash are bad news. The United Nations warned this week that more than eight million metric tons of plastic end up in oceans each year,”wreaking marine wildlife, fisheries and tourism, and cost at least $8...

The Renewable Future

Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program Achim Steiner, Administrator of the UN Development Program Helen Clark, the Director General of the UN Industrial Development Organization Kandeh Yumkella jointly author an op-ed marking the release of the newest IPCC report.

Calling Sarah Palin: Alaskan Glaciers Melting Fast

A new report from the United Nations Environment Program shows that Alaska's glaciers are receding at an alarming rate.

PODCAST: Kristine McDivitt Tompkins was one of the largest private landowners in the world before she gave it away

VIDEO: There is more plastic in the sea, than stars in the galaxy

The Renewable Future

Calling Sarah Palin: Alaskan Glaciers Melting Fast

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations