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It’s here: Global warming takes center stage in season of records
Don't say we weren't warned: Extreme weather events and new records are becoming the norm as our polluted Earth suffers warming oceans, raging fires and rising floods.
Melting glaciers. Rising sea levels. Wildfires. Food shortages. Mass coral reef deaths and widespread species extinctions. Global pandemics. Every other issue is secondary. In a world of climate change, direct impacts on humanity are evident where we live and work and on the health and well-being of many populations. Climate change is a truly global issue; fighting it demands global cooperation and financing through summits, known as COPs, and landmark treaties like the Paris Agreement.
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Don't say we weren't warned: Extreme weather events and new records are becoming the norm as our polluted Earth suffers warming oceans, raging fires and rising floods.
If accomplished, the goals are significant because the industry accounts for 2.9% of global carbon emissions. Diesel powers most of the world's 100,000 cargo ships.
Deadlock stymied a third East Antarctica protection plan. Only twice before has the panel created marine protected areas.
Speakers blamed major economies for a system that puts profits over fighting poverty and caring for the planet.
Its aim is to protect and sustainably use marine life in high seas covering almost half of Earth's surface.
The co-chairs of a negotiating panel said there's been a healthy exchange of ideas and concerns among 194 nations.
"Let's face facts. The problem is not simply fossil fuel emissions. It's fossil fuels – period," he said.
Some 1,475 out of 4,000+ governments and businesses had net zero emissions targets, but "integrity" measures are lacking.
Saulo, who has led Argentina's National Meteorological Service since 2014, is the first woman elected as WMO's chief.
The 76th World Health Assembly ended after moving to strengthen its budget and broaden access to health care.
About 69% of all the plastics produced, mainly through fossil fuel burning, are used just once or twice before they are thrown away. About 22% is mismanaged. Just 9% is recycled.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought into sharp focus many of the world's glaring inequalities between rich and poorer nations.
Heavy rains and warmer temperatures make it easier for the bacteria that causes cholera to spread, posing a major setback for global efforts to eradicate the disease.
The annual average near-surface global temperature between 2023 and 2027 will likely be more than 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels for at least one year.
More than 4.5 million pregnant women and babies die each year during pregnancy, childbirth or during the first few weeks of life – about one death globally every seven seconds.
Though the emergency phase is over, the World Health Organization's pandemic designation still holds.