The summit is supposed to work out a "rulebook" for nations to follow to fulfill their Paris Agreement climate pledges.
At risk of ending without agreement, the U.N. climate summit was jolted towards a potential compromise by urgent appeals for unity from the U.N. secretary-general and Fiji's prime minister.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said the world had arrived at "a moment of truth" as he delivered his second major address to the summit in Katowice, Poland. It was a measure of the talks' polarized views that he felt compelled to remind major holdout nations of their past climate pledges.
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.
