Achim Steiner says risks are mounting of countries ‘imploding’ and ‘economies no longer functioning’
Outgoing UNDP head says funding reductions by US, UK and others will harm systems that took decades to build
FSO Safer and its roughly 1.1mn barrels of crude have been described as a ticking environmental time bomb
Conference chairwoman rejects calls for new approach amid deep divisions over need for change
Poor countries wil struggle to cope with the displacement of people and business losses caused by altered weather patterns, says Mike Scott
