UNCTAD is looking at how to solve the climate crisis, particularly how sea level rise impacts small island nations.
GENEVA (AN) — The main U.N. body for trade, investment and development began a weeklong forum on how to solve the climate crisis.
"I speak to you as a prime minister and as a human. I'm here to tell you that the small island developing states need your help," Saint Lucia's prime minister, Allen Chastanet, told the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's forum on Monday, which is particularly focused on how sea level rise affects small island nations.
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.
