Simon Stiell, United Nations climate chief, speaks during a closing plenary session at the Cop29 UN Climate Summit, Sunday, November 24, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP) Nations worldwide endorsed a contentious climate agreement on Sunday, at the Cop29 conference in Baku, though developing countries criticised the $300 billion annual commitment from affluent historic emitters as…
Carbon cuts ‘miles short’ of 2030 goal: UN Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling “miles short” of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.Levels of the three main greenhouse gases — heat-trapping carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — all…
Humanity is ‘paying a terrible price’ for inaction on global warming, with time running out to correct the course and avoid climate disaster, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. A new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says the next decade is critical in the fight against climate change or any hope of…
Representative AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) Global warming. Disappearing plant and animal species. Fertile land turning to desert. Plastic in the oceans, on land, and the air we breathe.These urgent environmental challenges will be in the spotlight over the next few months as the United Nations hosts four major sessions to address key threats to…
NEW DELHI: One in every two El Nino events could be extreme by 2050 if current trends in greenhouse gas emissions continue, a new study has found. El Nino, a weather pattern known for triggering warmer extremes like heatwaves and floods, is known to raise sea surface temperatures, while its counterpart La Nina leads to…
Countries could use next week’s UN meetings in New York to resolve big differences over boosting the world’s annual goal for climate finance, but uncertainty over the US election could jeopardize progress ahead of the next UN climate summit in November. Negotiators told Reuters that countries were reluctant to stake out their positions before knowing…
SEOUL: More than 30,000 protesters gathered in South Korea‘s capital in broiling heat on Saturday, demanding more aggressive action by the government to combat global warming. With temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), protesters young and old marched in the country’s biggest demonstration so far this year, snarling traffic in central Seoul. They…
SEOUL: More than 30,000 protesters gathered in South Korea‘s capital in broiling heat on Saturday, demanding more aggressive action by the government to combat global warming.With temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), protesters young and old marched in the country’s biggest demonstration so far this year, snarling traffic in central Seoul.They waved large…
