Global rich need to cut their carbon footprint 97%, UN says

Preventing the worst effects of global warming requires dramatic reductions from the people that pollute the most.

• Dec 16, 2020

How COVID vaccines will roll out across U.S.

Hospitals and health care workers across the U.S. are being stretched this as the daily death toll from COVID-19 keeps climbing. CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz reports on nationwide efforts to fight the surge, and Dr. Bob Lahita, chairman of medicine at St. Joseph University Hospital, joined CBSN to discuss how the rollout of the vaccine will work at medical centers across the U.S.

• Dec 4, 2020
• 10:09

Concerning findings in climate report

The World Meteorological Organization, a United Nations agency, released its 2020 climate report and the outlook isn't good. CBSN's Tanya Rivero spoke with Covering Climate Now executive director Mark Hertsgaard about the key takeaways.

• Dec 3, 2020
• 7:41

2020 on track to be one of the 3 warmest years on record

As climate impacts reach unprecedented levels, several nations' new emission reduction targets offer renewed hope.

• Dec 3, 2020

WorldView: COVID impacts college exams

CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joins CBSN AM with headlines from around the globe, including how COVID-19 is impacting college entrance exams in South Korea, and the United Nations calling on world leaders to take action on climate change.

• Dec 3, 2020
• 3:15

U.N. chief warns planet moving toward "suicide"

Five years after the Paris climate agreement, the United Nations Secretary-General tells Tony Dokoupil the planet is moving toward "suicide."

• Dec 2, 2020
• 4:59

Italy to start COVID vaccinations in January

Italy plans to roll out Pfizer's COVID vaccine for widespread use in the country starting in January. Also, dozens of gunmen in Brazil effectively took an entire city hostage overnight in a brazen bank robbery, and the U.N. announced it's signed a deal with Ethiopia to allow unimpeded humanitarian access to parts of the embattled Tigray region. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay joined CBSN AM with today's headlines from around the world.

• Dec 2, 2020
• 4:48

U.N. agency removes cannabis from most dangerous drug category

A U.N. commission voted to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world's most dangerous drugs.

• Dec 2, 2020

Climate action needs American leadership, U.N. chief says

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that three-fourths of new and emerging human infectious diseases are animal-to-human.

• Dec 2, 2020

Tigray leader calls for Ethiopia withdrawal

Despite Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's declaration of victory two days ago, the defiant leader of Tigray, Debretsion Gebremichael, said fighting continues on all fronts and called on Abiy to withdraw troops from the region. Also, the Chinese Embassy in Australia said politicians misread a tweet showing a digitally altered image of an Australian soldier holding a bloody knife to the throat of an Afghan child, and the U.N. said the coronavirus pandemic fueled a 40% increase in the number of people needing humanitarian assistance. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joined "CBSN AM" from Johannesburg with a look at these global headlines.

• Dec 1, 2020
• 3:39

UN World Food Programme chief warns of famines without more aid

David Beasley, the executive director of the World Food Programme, says "we're looking at famines, destabilization and mass migration" without more help around the world.

• Nov 29, 2020
• 5:11

Biden to name top foreign policy officials

President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet is coming into sharper focus as he gears up to announce key nominations this week. He has selected Tony Blinken to serve as secretary of state, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as ambassador to the U.N. and Jake Sullivan as his national security adviser. CBS News correspondent Nikole Killion joins CBSN from Wilmington, Delaware, with the latest developments.

• Nov 23, 2020
• 5:12

COVID lockdowns' impact on greenhouse gas emissions a "tiny blip"

U.N. weather agency voices hope for lasting change after pandemic, but says reduction in greenhouse gases during lockdowns was just a "tiny blip."

• Nov 23, 2020

Biden set to announce Cabinet picks this week

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to announce his Cabinet picks as early as Tuesday, with longtime aide Antony Blinken anticipated as his choice for secretary of state. Seasoned diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield is expected to be named ambassador to the United Nations but, as Nikole Killion explains, neither candidate can be properly vetted just yet.

• Nov 23, 2020
• 1:29

Biden expected to pick Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.N. ambassador

Veteran diplomat is expected to focus on restoring trust and professionalism to the State Department, with a particular focus on diversity.

• Nov 23, 2020

Kate Hudson on being a World Food Programme ambassador

The work of the U.N. agency trying to keep millions from starving to death earned it the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize – and inspired the actress-entrepreneur to use her platform to raise awareness about people in need

• Nov 22, 2020

Kate Hudson on being a World Food Programme ambassador

Every minute of the day, the people at the World Food Programme are trying to keep millions around the world from starving to death. Their work (which earned the United Nations organization this year's Nobel Peace Prize) inspired actress-entrepreneur Kate Hudson to become a World Food Programme ambassador, using her celebrity platform to raise awareness about people in need. Correspondent Tracy Smith reports on Hudson's role of a lifetime.

• Nov 22, 2020
• 6:09

U.N. alliance works to increase understanding

The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations is an initiative that promotes understanding across diverse communities. High Representative Miguel Ángel Moratinos joined CBSN's Tanya Rivero with more on their mission and efforts to combat the spread of hate.

• Nov 20, 2020
• 6:21

Will Biden's U.N. envoy "reclaim America's leading position"?

Who the president-elect picks to fill the role, and whether he gives them a seat in the Cabinet, will help signal U.S. intentions to the world.

• Nov 20, 2020

U.N: Israel's latest "unlawful demolition" leaves 41 kids homeless

Israel says the small village of sheepherders was illegally built on army training ground, but the U.N. says the move was aimed at displacing vulnerable people.

• Nov 13, 2020

Ethiopia leader denies civil war brewing as hundreds reportedly killed

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, says he sent troops into the Tigray region to disarm a "criminal junta," not start a war.

• Nov 10, 2020

Allies see Biden re-engaging on crises from COVID to nuke standoffs

After the Trump administration putting "American first," often at the expense of global partnerships, one analyst says Biden is expected to "engage, engage, engage."

• Nov 9, 2020

Libyan factions sign countrywide U.N.-brokered cease-fire

The United Nations billed the deal as historic after years of fighting that has split the North African country in two.

• Oct 23, 2020

U.S. urges nations to withdraw support for nuclear weapons ban treaty

Nuclear weapons ban backer tells AP a U.S. letter to other countries shows "increasing nervousness" of nuclear-armed states, "particularly the Trump administration."

• Oct 22, 2020

Fierce storms and wildfires to dramatically spike, U.N. agencies say

"Extreme weather and climate events have increased in frequency, intensity and severity as result of climate change​ and hit vulnerable communities disproportionately hard," according to the report.

• Oct 14, 2020

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