Some 1,475 out of 4,000+ governments and businesses had net zero emissions targets, but "integrity" measures are lacking.
Momentum gained among businesses and slowed among governments to set "net zero" carbon-cutting goals that would limit global warming to 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but many lack credibility and oversight.
That's according to a report on Monday based on data about 4,079 entities from Net Zero Tracker, run by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, University of Oxford, NewClimate Institute and Data-Driven EnviroLab.
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.
