Oil producers took issue with a prediction by the energy agency's chief that demand for fossil fuels will peak by 2030.
Oil cartel OPEC criticized a forecast by the International Energy Agency's executive director saying global usage of fossil fuels will peak by 2030.
The Vienna-based organization of mainly Middle Eastern and African oil-producing nations said on Thursday it finds IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol's assessment to be "ideologically driven, rather than fact-based."
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.
