Countries set an "aspirational goal" of net zero CO2 aviation emissions by 2050 in response to pressure on the industry to do more to fight climate change.
Countries adopted an "aspirational goal" of net zero carbon emissions for international flights by 2050 in response to public and government pressure on the aviation industry to do more to fight climate change.
Some 2,500 delegate from 184 nations and 57 organizations reached agreement on the goal at Friday's assembly of the 193-nation International Civil Aviation Organizatoin, a Montréal-based United Nations agency, though it does not set individual targets for nations and their airlines.
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 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.
The wars in Europe and the Middle East, climate change and soaring national debts hung over the annual talks.
