
'Continuous advance' of climate crisis pushes 1.15° C. warming
Droughts, floods and heatwaves drove food insecurity and mass migration as communities on every continent were hit by massive costs, the World Meteorological Organization said.
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Droughts, floods and heatwaves drove food insecurity and mass migration as communities on every continent were hit by massive costs, the World Meteorological Organization said.
The addition more than doubles the length of the 1,215 kilometers of borders that NATO member nations share with Russia.
Sweden and Finland are expected to decide by the middle of May whether to seek to join NATO's 30-nation membership.
A key threshold of the 2015 Paris Agreement against the worst effects of global warming could be reached within five years, WMO warned.
Some 40% of the U.N.'s 193 member nations committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, and nearly the same amount vowed to do more by 2020.
The condemnation came from Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan and New Zealand, along with 17 European nations.
Europe's leading human rights organization approved by majority vote a joint declaration that tries to appease Russia.
Scientists say the Arctic region is warming about twice as fast as the rest of the planet, but the Trump administration blocked a council statement from referring to that threat.
Protesters urged more attention to global weapons sales in the wake of a journalist's murder in a Saudi consulate at Istanbul.
The concept of a demilitarization zone, like the one planned for Idlib, goes back almost a half-millennium to Europe's rules on demolishing forts or prohibiting their reconstruction.
After calling NATO obsolete and suggesting America might not defend other alliance members, U.S. President Donald Trump demanded other members raise their defense spending.
One of the themes of a polar conference focuses on the need for more scientific research into the Southern Ocean.
A World Health Organization commission ratcheted up the pressure in a fight against neglected chronic diseases.
A global fund or organization could speed innovation so the energy sector can fulfill the Paris climate treaty.