The summit is supposed to work out a "rulebook" for nations to follow to fulfill their Paris Agreement climate pledges.
At risk of ending without agreement, the U.N. climate summit was jolted towards a potential compromise by urgent appeals for unity from the U.N. secretary-general and Fiji's prime minister.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said the world had arrived at "a moment of truth" as he delivered his second major address to the summit in Katowice, Poland. It was a measure of the talks' polarized views that he felt compelled to remind major holdout nations of their past climate pledges.
The spike in the world’s deadliest infectious disease comes as officials warn global aid cuts could lead to a resurgence.
More than 275,000 glaciers cover 700,000 square kilometers of the planet. Glaciers and ice sheets store 70% of all freshwater.
The U.N. weather agency says some human-induced effects will be 'irreversible over hundreds if not thousands of years.'
The Arctic Council finds itself at a difficult crossroads as its member nations move to exploit the region's mineral wealth.
Experts agreed science and diplomacy need to evolve to build trust, solve problems, and promote national interests.
The spike in the world’s deadliest infectious disease comes as officials warn global aid cuts could lead to a resurgence.
More than 275,000 glaciers cover 700,000 square kilometers of the planet. Glaciers and ice sheets store 70% of all freshwater.
From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
