The U.N. weather agency calls for urgent action to protect water supplies, the ‘canary in the coalmine of climate change.'
GENEVA (AN) — The U.N. weather agency says 2023 was the driest year for global rivers in over three decades, signaling critical changes in water availability and a need for urgent action to protect freshwater resources.
The last five consecutive years recorded widespread below-normal conditions for river flows and a similar pattern for reservoir inflows, the World Meteorological Organization says in a new report out Monday.
Three days of talks in Rome ended with nations agreeing to support a $200 billion a year global plan to protect nature.
People living in drylands doubled to 2.3 billion, more than a quarter of the world population, in the past three decades.
Nations for plastic production limits and oil-rich producers deadlocked in the hours before the talks were set to expire.
Negotiators are meeting in Busan, South Korea to conclude the world's first legally binding plastic waste treaty.
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.
