Climate-impacted global bleaching of corals threatens marine fisheries
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
Melting glaciers. Rising sea levels. Wildfires. Food shortages. Mass coral reef deaths and widespread species extinctions. Global pandemics. Every other issue is secondary. In a world of climate change, direct impacts on humanity already are evident on environments where we live and work and on the health and well-being of many populations.
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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.
Ambient fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 is considered the world’s leading environmental health risk factor.
WMO reports 2023 smashed climate records at previously unimaginable levels, bringing 'misery and mayhem.'
WHO's chief warned that 'a torrent of mis- and disinformation' affects pandemic treaty negotiations restarting this week.
Armed conflicts and planetary crises were top concerns of the U.N. Environment Assembly, which adopted 15 resolutions.
Warming threatens to upend ecosystems from Mongolia and the Amazon to crucial ocean currents in the North Atlantic.
Some migratory species are improving but 22% of those listed are threatened with extinction, including nearly all the fish.
Simon Stiell, who heads U.N. climate efforts, envisions winding down his agency into merely a 'data repository'.
The World Health Organization's executive board began planning for the World Health Assembly.
The spotlight on gender parity follows Mexico's push last year for a crackdown on harassment at U.N. climate talks.
The World Meteorological Organization said the world hit the record books, up 1.45° C. from pre-industrial times.
The multilateral effort fell short of its ambitious targets but still managed to save an estimated 2.7 million lives.
The COP28 accord calls for weaning the world off burning oil, coal and natural gas 'in a just, orderly and equitable manner.'