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As disasters mount, next UN climate summit faces a test of trust

Less than a month before the UN climate conference COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye, representatives of three successive summit presidencies gathered to address a...

Guterres urges faster action and financing to stop biodiversity loss

The United Nations Secretary-General appealed on Friday for governments, businesses and communities to accelerate efforts to protect biodiversity for future generations and all life...

Biodiversità sempre più a rischio, allarme del WWF. Ma il cambiamento è possibile

Il pianeta Terra continua a soffrire e a perdere biodiversità. In 52 anni, le popolazioni globali di vertebrati si sono ridotte in media del...

‘Overshoot is not a reason to surrender’: UN calls for accelerated climate action ahead of COP31 summit

As world leaders prepare for November’s major COP31 climate summit in Türkiye, record-breaking heat, devastating floods and an unprecedented El Niño climate pattern are...

Extreme heat making pregnancy a ‘new fault line’ in climate crisis

Pregnancy and childbirth have become a “new fault line in the global climate crisis” as extreme heat worsens, the head of the UN climate...

Guterres calls on countries to set clear timelines for transition away from fossil fuels

“We are the first generation with the tools to end the fossil fuel age – and the last who can avert climate catastrophe,” UN...

When a country goes underwater: Island States fight for their future

Rising sea levels and ever-more-powerful storms are eroding shorelines, submerging land and threatening to evict millions of people from their homes worldwide. Yet, for the...

How El Niño offers a test of whether the world can adapt to a changing climate

El Niño is strengthening in a world that is already hotter, raising the risk of drought, floods and crop losses across some of the...

Nepal floods: ‘Apocalyptic’ destruction signals wider climate threat across Himalayas

The catastrophic flooding that swept away entire villages in northern Nepal could occur again in the country or elsewhere in the Himalayas due to...

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