Scottish energy expert Jim Skea said it's important not to despair over the 'existential threat' from rising temperatures.
The U.N.'s Nobel Prize-winning panel for assessing the science behind climate change has elected a new leader who wants you to know there's plenty of reason to worry – but not so much that you're paralyzed by fear.
The 195-nation Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which wrapped up elections in Nairobi on Saturday, will be led by Jim Skea, a Scottish energy expert who hopes to make everyone's voices heard.
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.
