The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned on Tuesday that humanity has failed to limit global warming to 1.5°C and must take urgent action.
Guterres emphasised that it is now “inevitable” that the Paris Agreement target will be exceeded, with potentially “devastating consequences” for the world.
Speaking ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, he urged leaders to act quickly, warning that delays increase the risk of crossing critical “tipping points” in the Amazon, the Arctic, and the oceans.
“Let us acknowledge our failure. We have not succeeded in keeping warming below 1.5°C in the coming years. Exceeding this threshold will have devastating consequences, including tipping points in the Amazon, Greenland, western Antarctica, and coral reefs,” Guterres said.
The UN chief highlighted that the main goal of COP30 is to change course and minimise the duration and extent of exceeding the 1.5°C limit to prevent irreversible damage.
“We do not want to see the Amazon turn into a savannah, but that is a real risk if we do not dramatically reduce emissions as soon as possible,” he added.
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Saudi Aramco has ordered staff to evacuate its headquarters amid escalating Houthi attacks on the kingdom. Two people were killed in an attack on Dammam airport, while Iran's IRGC Navy claimed strikes on seven vessels and warned the U.S. of a wider response.
Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight killed at least two people and injured 15 others, including two children, Ukrainian authorities said. Meanwhile, Russia said it had intercepted the vast majority of 630 Ukrainian drones launched towards Moscow.
Russia is willing in principle to resume peace talks with Ukraine and the United States in November, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said after President Vladimir Putin met U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg.
Super typhoon Champi is set to batter Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture from Friday (23 October), bringing violent winds, torrential rain and waves up to 11 metres high, as airlines cancel flights and organisers scrap a major festival.
The modern state has been formed within the framework of the principle of secularism. For this reason, the principle of secularism is reflected in constitutional texts, which are regarded as a social contract and regulate relations between the state and society (citizens).
Azerbaijan is seeking international investment in a 3,000-kilometre green energy corridor to Europe, with banks, investors and energy companies gathering in Baku on Thursday to discuss financing for the ambitious project.
A female dusky shark trapped in a canal in Busan, South Korea, for more than a month has finally returned to the open sea after a successful rescue operation on Wednesday (21 October), following two failed attempts.
The world is on course for dangerous levels of global warming despite international climate pledges, with greenhouse gas emissions hitting record highs and the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target increasingly out of reach, according to a UN assessment.
As Armenia prepares to host COP17, the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, new projections reveal a widening gap between global conservation promises and what countries are on track to deliver by 2030.
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