The Nobel Prize-winning U.N. panel on climate change said it's life or death for much of the planet as soon as 2040.
GENEVA (AN) — The Nobel Prize-winning U.N. panel on climate change put to rest any remaining sophistry over whether a "safe" temperature guardrail exists: It's life or death for much of the planet as soon as 2040.
Nothing can protect the world against all of the most dangerous projections for global warming, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, concluded in a major report.
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.
Negotiators and officials aim to wrap up so that May's 77th World Health Assembly can consider a proposed text.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
The humanitarian nightmare and attacks on civilians in Gaza dominated the U.N. Security Council's quarterly open debate.
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
