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"Forty percent of my variable remuneration is tied to climate actions and reputation," Claus Aagaard says.

The big-picture narratives in the foreground of 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), November 30-December 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), provide necessary context to the intensively negotiated textual outcomes of COP28.

Research has shown the climate crisis is exacerbating the AMR phenomenon in several ways.

Global emissions of greenhouse gasses are rising, according to an annual accounting by the United Nations. It warns development of new oil, gas and coal is incompatible with meeting climate targets.

The world is on track to reach nearly 3 degrees Celsius of warming this century, double the United Nations’s threshold, even if developed nations meet their current emissions pledges, according to a report the U.N. issued Monday. In its annual Emissions Gap report, the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) projected that by the end of the century, the…

A new report by the UN's Environment Program is shedding an unsettling new light on the current path of global warming. Released days before world leaders…

New agreements are expected to be set in order to avoid a climate catastrophe within this century.

Global emissions of greenhouse gases are rising, according to an annual accounting by the United Nations. It warns development of new oil, gas and coal is incompatible with meeting climate targets.

The 2023 Emissions Gap Report, released on Monday by the UN Environment Program (UNEP), carried a clear message — unless countries step up climate action and deliver more than promised in their 2030 pledges, the world is heading for a 2.5-2.9°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels.

The latest negotiations toward a global plastic treaty concluded late Sunday with disagreement about how the pact should work and frustration from environment groups over delays and lack of progress. Negotiators spent a week at the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) headquarters in ...