Two U.N. reports show how that more climate aid for developing nations could reduce the millions of deaths a year from climate shocks.
A flurry of new U.N. reports show the costs of adapting to climate impacts are far higher than previously estimated – up to US$366 billion a year more is needed in developing nations – but the health benefits are enormous.
The widening gap is a reflection of wealthy nations cutting the amount of money provided to poorer nations to adapt to climate change despite having made promises to mobilize US$100 billion a year that date back to the U.N. climate summit at Copenhagen in 2009.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
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 must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
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.
