Almost 1 meter of sea level rise and the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is anticipated by the end of the century.
Coastal flooding along with huge losses of ice and snow are becoming more extreme as oceans warm and acidify while frozen parts of the planet melt faster, the Nobel Prize-winning U.N. climate panel reported.
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, concluded on Wednesday in its first major report to focus on water that huge changes already are occurring around the 71% of the planet covered by oceans and 10% covered in ice and snow, known as the cryosphere.
A new report from the U.N. weather agency shows Asia has been heating up nearly twice as fast as the global average.
Much of the financial angst this year was caused by the absence and impending withdrawal of the United States.
The head of the International Peace Institute praised the treaty negotiators for their 'amazing' critical problem-solving.
'To be blunt, we cannot do everything,' WHO's chief said in announcing a management overhaul and other cuts.
The reduction in support and services it can deliver is expected to drop to about $50 billion across the U.N. system.
The summit was dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump's first appearance at the world's largest alliance since 2019.
A new report from the U.N. weather agency shows Asia has been heating up nearly twice as fast as the global average.
UNEP says it began work in 2022 to create a panel that could fill a major gap in the global environmental architecture.
