The world's promised cuts in greenhouse gases come nowhere close to fulfilling the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a new U.N. analysis.
The world's promised cuts in greenhouse gases come nowhere close to fulfilling the 2015 Paris Agreement's goal of preventing temperatures from rising much more above pre-industrial levels, according to a new U.N. analysis on Friday.
Those pledges will lower global emissions less than 1% below 2010 levels by 2030, said the analysis by U.N. Climate Change, secretariat of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC, a treaty platform for climate talks.
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 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.
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
A new U.N. report shows how prioritizing debt over services like health care and education plagues the developing world.
