Climate change indicators reached record levels in 2023: WMO report

Europe is the fastest-warming continent, Copernicus report warns, with devastating health impacts

Warming weather will impact health, nature and the economy, the report by WMO and Copernicus says.

UN Issues 'Red Alert' Regarding Global Warming After Record Heat in 2023

UN Issues 'Red Alert' , Regarding Global Warming , After Record Heat in 2023. Al Jazeera reports that the United Nations' weather agency has sounded a "red alert" regarding global warming, citing a number of different factors. Those factors include record-breaking levels of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, as well as record-high temperatures on both land and sea. Those factors include record-breaking levels of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, as well as record-high temperatures on both land and sea. The U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns there is a "high probability" that 2024 will continue to break high-temperature records. . The same March 19 report warned that the world's efforts to reverse global warming have proven to be inadequate. Never have we been so close – albeit on a temporary basis at the moment – to the 1.5C lower limit of the Paris Agreement on climate change. , Celeste Saulo, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) secretary-general, via Al Jazeera. The WMO community is sounding the red alert to the world, Celeste Saulo, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) secretary-general, via Al Jazeera. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the world has already exceeded the 1.5 degree Celsius limit set by the Paris Agreement. Earth’s issuing a distress call, Antonio Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General, via Al Jazeera. The latest State of the Global Climate report shows a planet on the brink. Fossil fuel pollution is sending climate chaos off the charts, Antonio Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General, via Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera reports that the news comes as experts and government representatives are set to meet in Copenhagen to push for greater global climate actions. . Al Jazeera reports that the news comes as experts and government representatives are set to meet in Copenhagen to push for greater global climate actions.

Watch: UN urged investigate 'crimes committed' by Israel in Gaza

Gaza's civil defence team members have recovered almost 400 bodies buried inside the grounds of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis.

Russia Vetoes UN Resolution to Prevent Nukes in Space

Russia Vetoes UN Resolution , to Prevent Nukes in Space. The resolution was sponsored by Japan and the United States. It called on all nations to refrain from developing or deploying nuclear weapons "or other weapons of mass destruction in space," 'The Guardian' reports. . A 1967 international treaty already bans such weapons in space. Russia’s U.N. Ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, vetoed the resolution, calling it "absolutely absurd and politicized," as well as a "dirty spectacle.". China abstained from voting, while the rest of the 15-member council voted in favor of the resolution. . Today’s veto begs the question: Why? Why, if you are following the rules, would you not support a resolution that reaffirms them? What could you possibly be hiding, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the U.N., via 'The Guardian'. Russia and China would rather establish an amendment calling on all nations "to prevent for all time the placement of weapons in outer space, and the threat of use of force in outer spaces.". We want a ban on the placement of weapons of any kind in outer space, not just WMDs [weapons of mass destruction]. But you don’t want that. And let me ask you that very same question. Why?, Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s U.N. ambassador, via 'The Guardian'. Nebenzia went on to say, "if we recall that the U.S. and their allies announced some time ago plans to place weapons … in outer space.". The U.S.-Japan resolution was announced in March after it was determined that Russia was in possession of "a 'troubling' anti-satellite weapon capability," 'The Guardian' reports. However, earlier this year, Putin said, , "Our position is clear and transparent: We have always been categorically against and are now against the deployment of nuclear weapons in space."

Israel 'moving ahead' with Rafah offensive to target Hamas

Israel says aid has begun moving into Gaza more quickly after international pressure to increase access but the scale is disputed by the United Nations and Red Crescent.