More help on tracking potent Earth-warming methane emissions will come from space, the United Nations said Friday, announcing a satellite-data system funded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the U.S. government and Read more
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Sea-level rise in past decade doubles 1990s rise: U.N. says as COP27 begins
Earth is getting warmer and its oceans rising faster than just a few decades ago, the United Nations’ chief meteorological arm said in a Sunday report that serves as a motivational Read more
What is COP27? Key issues for markets to watch as U.N. climate talks kick off in Egypt
Scores of high-profile government officials, corporate interests and protestors converage by Egypt’s Red Sea for the next two weeks, charged with quickening the progress in curbing costly and deadly global Read more
U.K. says new P.M. Rishi Sunak won’t go to U.N. climate conference
New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not attend a major United Nations climate conference next month, the government said Thursday. Sunak’s office said the decision was based on “pressing Read more
Rich nations are quitting their oil and gas habit too slowly, U.N. says in ’emissions gap’ report
Led by the richest carbon-polluting nations, global efforts to slow the Earth’s temperature remain “far behind.” The blame lies both with slow action in the developed world to give up Read more
Zelensky urges world leaders to punish Russia for Ukraine invasion in U.N. address
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged world leaders on Wednesday to strip Russia of its vote in international institutions and its U.N. Security Council veto, saying that Read more