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UN report: Climate change a worsening threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and is affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on 28 February. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit. To avoid mounting loss of life, biodiversity and infrastructure, urgent, ambitious and accelerated action is required to adapt to climate change, at the same time as making rapid, deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Q&A: IPCC Scientist Christopher Trisos
Any further delays in global action risk missing a rapidly closing window to secure a safe and livable future for people and nature on the planet, says a lead author of the latest IPCC report.
Nations agree to end plastic pollution
175 nations agree to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution by 2024, prompting a major step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production, use and disposal.
IPCC report ‘a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate’
UN scientists deliver a stark warning, saying that ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly heatwaves and floods are among the "unavoidable multiple climate hazards” the world will face over the next two decades due to global warming.
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Voices of Change
Vanessa Nakate, a Young Leader for the SDGs, started her journey as a climate activist in 2018, concerned about communities particularly vulnerable to the crippling impacts of a warming planet.
IPCC Video: Our Climate is our Future
All life on earth, from ecosystems to human civilization, is vulnerable to a changing climate. Unprecedented changes have already affected all forms of life in every part of the world.
Awake At Night
Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Climate Action Selwin Hart takes us on his inspiring life journey – from growing up in a home without electricity to being at the centre of global negotiations to tackle the climate emergency. Read more.
Posters for Climate Action
What is climate change?
Our climate 101 offers a quick take on the how and why of climate change.
Climate action fast facts
Explore how climate intersects with issues from food to energy to jobs.
Climate leaders
Interviews capture the latest thinking on climate talks, science and action.
