Climate change and inequality derailing global goals, scientists tell UN

Growing inequality and climate change will not only derail progress towards global sustainability goals but threaten human existence, leading scientists said at the United Nations on Wednesday.

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Inspired by teen climate activist Thunberg, Latin American activists converge in Chile

Inspired by Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, a group of young activists from several Latin American countries have converged in Chile to exchange ideas on how to battle climate change.

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Amazon rainforest fires quickly shaping G7 summit with Trump, Macron

"This speaks to climate change being an issue at the highest level of international discourse," one professor of earth and atmospheric sciences said.

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The rich and the dead: United Nations warns of ‘climate apartheid’

A UN Special Rapporteur predicts that climate change will push 120 million people into poverty by 2030 – and only the rich will be left standing.

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U.S. pushing to downgrade climate issue - angering others at G20 summit

The arguments are a reprise of heated talks over U.S. President Donald Trump's pulling out of the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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UN modernizes guidance for greenhouse emission estimates

A United Nations climate change panel updated on Monday guidelines for governments to estimate greenhouse gas emissions so the most up-to-date scientific research is included.

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Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert on the U.N. Extinction Report

While the political tide could be turning on climate change, both writers worry that it is too late.

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Humans are speeding extinction and altering the natural world at an ‘unprecedented’ pace

A dire United Nations report, based on thousands of scientific studies, concludes a million species are at risk of extinction. The dwindling number of species will not just make the world a less colorful or wondrous place, the report noted. It also poses risks to people.

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Senate Dems challenge Trump's UN nominee on climate change

Three Senate Democrats on Friday called on Kelly Craft, President Trump's nominee to serve as United Nations ambassador, to commit to prioritizing U.S. interests on climate change over her financial interests.

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In degrading Nature humanity harms itself, UN report warns

Diplomats and scientists from 130 nations gather in Paris next week to vet and validate the first UN global assessment of the state of Nature in more than a decade, and the news is not good.

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New York Yankees sign up to UN’s climate action initiative

MLB giants to reduce emissions and promote environmental responsibility.

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UN: Climate disasters imperil Bangladesh kids' lives, future

The lives and futures of more than 19 million Bangladeshi children are at risk from the colossal impact of devastating floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change.

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Arab states face water emergency, urgent action needed: UN

Arab states are facing a water supply emergency they need to coordinate an urgent response to, with per capita resources expected to fall by 50 percent by 2050, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said on Thursday.

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U.N. report finds the past four years were warmest on record

Extreme weather affected 62 million people in 2018, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

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UN climate talks set stage for humanity’s two most crucial years

Decisions made from now to 2020 will determine to what extent Earth remains habitable.

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5 takeaways from the COP24 global climate summit

The deal’s main accomplishment is that the whole world signed up, but campaigners fear it does too little to slow global warming.

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Rules guiding pollution cuts adopted at UN climate meeting

Envoys at a United Nations conference adopted a set of steps on fighting climate change meant to guide efforts to rein in greenhouse gas pollution worldwide.