"Forty years ago, nations came together to take the first step in protecting the ozone layer - guided by science, united in action," said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today, in honor of the day in March 1985 when 28 nations agreed on the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, the parent treaty behind the Montreal Protocol. [...]

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, September 15, 2025 (ENS) - Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have found a way to convert plastic waste into a climate solution for efficient and sustainable capture of the most abundant greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, CO2 - addressing two major global challenges simultaneously - plastic pollution and the climate crisis. [...]

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NEW YORK, New York, September 9, 2025 (ENS) - International talks on a treaty to govern the high seas beyond national jurisdictions began on a freezing February day in 2006 at UN Headquarters in New York City. Today, as nations gather at UN Headquarters for the 80th anniversary of the UN General Assembly, the High Seas Treaty is a reality. [...]

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THE WEST BANK, September 8, 2025 (ENS) - In the occupied West Bank village of Kufr Qaddum, Yousef stands behind a sealed iron gate, cut off from the olive trees that have sustained his family for generations. Like thousands of Palestinian farmers, he faces growing restrictions from Israeli forces and settlers, who have made the olive harvest season - which runs from September to November - a time of uncertainty and struggle. [...]

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