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The world remains off track to meet a global goal of capping warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the threshold scientists say must be respected to avert disastrous climate impacts (AFP)
AnalysisClimateClimate FinanceEmissionsPoliticsRegulationsUnited Nations

Nations to submit boosted climate plans at COP29: what’s at stake?

With COP29 underway, major emitters face pressure to enhance climate goals for the 1.5°C target, but most remain uncommitted.

If left unchecked, global warming could set in motion irreversible changes to planetary systems such as the disappearance of ice sheets or a collapse of ocean currents (AFP)
ClimateEmissionsNews

Net zero goal critical to Earth’s stability, says study

Reducing planet-heating emissions by 2100 is critical to avoid destabilising the systems that keep Earth in balance, says a new net zero study.

Restoring forests has massive potential to help limit rising global temperatures as trees absorb heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere (AFP)
BiodiversityClimateEnvironmentNewsResiliency

Natural forest regrowth can be better than planting trees: study

Countries pledged to plant billions of trees to tackle climate change, but natural forest regeneration could be a better option, study shows

'Time lost is lives, livelihoods and the planet lost,' said Babayev (AFP)
ClimateClimate FinanceEnvironmentNewsPoliticsUnited Nations

Climate talks host urges rich nations to break stalemate

The host of this year's UN climate summit has urged governments to start compromising to help poorer countries tackle global warming

Delegates met in South Korea for the second meeting of the loss and damage fund as Hurricane Beryl left a trail of destruction (AFP)
BusinessClimateFinanceNewsPoliticsUnited NationsWeather

‘We can’t wait another year’: disaster-hit nations call for climate aid

Countries on the frontlines of climate change have warned they cannot wait another year for long-sought aid.

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