The U.N. proposed an early warning system against increasingly extreme and dangerous weather as the Earth warms, supercharged by greenhouse gases that raised temps in Europe more than twice the global average over 30 years.
While the Earth grows warmer, supercharged by greenhouse-gas emissions, nowhere is it getting hotter faster than in Europe. The impacts of climate change are becoming more dramatic:
Glaciers are shrinking, wildfires are raging, floods are more frequent and heatwaves are the norm. In Greenland the ice sheet is melting, contributing to rising sea levels.
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 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.
The humanitarian nightmare and attacks on civilians in Gaza dominated the U.N. Security Council's quarterly open debate.
