U.N. climate chief says next 2 years will be 'essential' to saving the planet
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
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This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
WMO reports 2023 smashed climate records at previously unimaginable levels, bringing 'misery and mayhem.'
IPU's chief Martin Chungong says its statistics show that 'women bear the brunt of the hate in the political space.'
Warming threatens to upend ecosystems from Mongolia and the Amazon to crucial ocean currents in the North Atlantic.
More than 2,800 leaders from 120 countries were expected at the World Economic Forum gathering this week.
Football's governing body will mark the 100th anniversary of the World Cup in Uruguay, where the first was held in 1930.
Increasing rice prices from India's ban “raises substantial food security concerns for a large swath of the world population."
Saulo, who has led Argentina's National Meteorological Service since 2014, is the first woman elected as WMO's chief.
Panel members said they heard countless painful stories from victims and their families but also learned of some promising initiatives against racial discrimination.
Finance leaders from the world's 20 biggest economies projected moderate global growth and recovery later this year and into 2020, but warned of risks from a prolonged trade war.
IBM, which helped develop the standards, said they offer policy guidance for governments and stakeholders worldwide.
A panel found Israeli soldiers used live ammunition against thousands of unarmed protesters, killing 189 Palestinians.
The biggest beneficiaries are likely to be the E.U., Mexico, Japan, Canada, South Korea, India, Australia and Brazil.
The Group of 20's final communiqué expressed concern about the future direction of the World Trade Organization, which U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to leave.
The Geneva-based International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, or ICTSD, which was founded in 1996, said it was closing down immediately.
The trade deal fulfills U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to replace the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.