Top 20 Climate International News
2025-06-14 09:40:56
Here are summaries of top climate news, with links to the sources for more details:
- UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments: More than 170 countries adopted a political declaration promising urgent action to protect the ocean.
Source: news.un.org - ‘No Ocean Declaration without small islands’: Small island developing States are pushing to ensure their perspectives are reflected in global ocean policy at the UN Ocean Conference.
Source: news.un.org - Global push to end plastic pollution gains ground in Nice: Ministers gathered to tackle plastic pollution, one of the planet’s fastest-growing environmental threats.
Source: news.un.org - Climate emergency is a health crisis ‘that is already killing us,’ says WHO: The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning that the climate crisis is a health crisis, already claiming lives, with 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record.
Source: news.un.org - ‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice: A new UN report indicates that 35% of global fish stocks are now being harvested unsustainably.
Source: news.un.org - The battle to quiet the sea: The relentless hum of ships poses a threat to the survival of many marine species.
Source: news.un.org - Guterres calls for an end to ocean ‘plunder’ as UN summit opens in France: UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged world leaders to confront the powerful interests driving marine destruction.
Source: news.un.org - No green without blue: Young ocean explorers set sail for a sustainable future: Science students, lecturers, and citizen scientists are conducting observations to protect the world’s oceans.
Source: news.un.org - Guterres calls for an end to ocean ‘plunder’ as UN summit opens in France: UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the Third United Nations Ocean Conference, delivering a blunt indictment of humanity’s fractured relationship with the sea.
Source: news.un.org - Drifting architects: Plankton, climate, and the race to understand our changing ocean: Scientists are in a race against time to unlock the mysteries of plankton before their decline reverberates across the planet.
Source: news.un.org - Technical Reviews Advance Climate Transparency and Reporting Capacity: Technical reviews are helping countries to improve the quality of their reporting and build capacity to meet the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) requirements under the Paris Agreement.
Source: unfccc.int - Enhanced Transparency: New Report Highlights Progress, Challenges and Next Steps: A new report highlights the progress, challenges, and next steps in implementing the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) under the Paris Agreement.
Source: unfccc.int - Scaling Climate Technologies for Action: This article discusses efforts to scale up climate technologies to support climate action.
Source: unfccc.int - New Partnership to Strengthen Clean Energy Capacity in Developing Countries: A new partnership aims to boost clean energy capacity in developing countries.
Source: unfccc.int - Transparency: A Strategic Tool for Mobilizing Climate Finance: Transparency is highlighted as a strategic tool for mobilizing climate finance.
Source: unfccc.int - France, UN Climate Change and Brazil launch “10 years of the Paris Agreement” commemorative logo: France, UN Climate Change, and Brazil have launched a commemorative logo for the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement.
Source: unfccc.int - UNFCCC Launches New E-Learning Course on Impact Assessment of Climate Policy with UNDP: UNFCCC and UNDP have launched a new e-learning course on assessing the impact of climate policy.
Source: unfccc.int - UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments: Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close.
Source: apnews.com - In the Arizona desert, a farm raising fish raises questions about water use: In landlocked Arizona, where the Colorado River crisis has put water use under a microscope, a new inland desert fish farm is growing barramundi, a tropical species native to Australia.
Source: apnews.com - Major report confirms record warming, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week: Last year was likely the first calendar year to be more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era, a flagship report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says.
Source: www.weforum.org