The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization agreed on some policies but not a unified goal to end deforestation.
The calendar says that it is winter across South America, but in many places the thermometer is telling a different story.
The World Meteorological Organization reports that the month opened with an unusual winter heat wave across parts of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. With a massive dome of hot air settled over much of the continent, the mercury is reaching a range far beyond what is normal for this time of year.
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.
Fourteen cases remain under investigation by U.N. investigators, who have met with authorities in Israel.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
