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World leaders take centre stage at UN climate talks in Dubai on Friday, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over the summit.

2023 is officially the hottest year on record. World leaders gathering today in Dubai for the UN Climate Change Conference already know what they must do to reverse global warming but, as King Charles is set to warn them, this must be a ‘critical turning point’. Senior climate correspondent Louise…

This year’s annual United Nations climate summit, which starts Thursday, should bring our climate emergency back to the forefront. Americans should demand our leaders make saving the planet a priority.

India welcomes release of Israeli hostages by Hamas, calls for immediate, unconditional release of those still held. India has a zero-tolerance approach to terrorism and supports a two-state solution, with Israel and Palestine living side-by-side in peace and security.

Experts say the world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists anticipated

President Joe Biden thanks Israel and mediators Qatar and Egypt for the 48-hour extension

United States projected to extract 12.9m barrels of crude oil as countries at Cop28 to push for agreed fossil fuels ‘phaseout’

On the eve of international climate talks, U_N_ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited globally-important Antarctica, where ice that’s been frozen for millions of years is melting due to human-caused climate change, sending the message that “we absolutely need to act immediately.”

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Antarctica just before the COP28 climate talks begin