Rich nations have pledged less than 0.2% of the US$400 billion a year that developing countries need for losses and damage.
Climate negotiators are focused on taking inventory of where nations stand on cutting carbon pollution or preparing for a warmer world.
The inventory of gaps between what nations are doing and what they are obliged to do to fulfill the 2015 Paris Agreement dominates the week-old talks hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Dubai from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
The France-based court was created to uphold the European Convention on Human Rights, which took effect in 1953.
Reporters Without Borders warned that governments' support for press freedom around the world has been shrinking.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Russia is shipping refined petroleum to North Korea, which is supplying Russia with weapons against Ukraine, officials say.
Some pointed to a recent landmark human rights ruling on climate change as a potential use for a Global Plastics Treaty.
