The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.

Global emissions need to peak this year to stay within 1.5°C of global temperature rise since pre-industrial levels. This means that starting now, countries need to emit less greenhouse gas. Emissions also need to be cut in half by 2030 to prevent the worst effects of climate change.

Delegates from global giants and smaller nations expected to clash at Brazilian summit over how to tackle the climate crisis and who should pay

Scheme aims to raise $125bn to invest in bonds, with returns used to reward tropical countries for conservation

Arctic sea ice was at its lowest levels on record for the time of year after the winter freeze

At dawn on October 28, residents of Rio de Janeiro woke to the sound of gunfire. Battles continued throughout the day in the favelas of Alemão and Penha, as police mounted a huge operation targeting the Commando Vermelho, or the Red Command, one of Brazil’s largest organised criminal gangs.

A temporary overshoot of the 1.5C climate target virtually impossible to avoid, scientists have said.

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are battling the army for control of North Kordofan, opening a dangerous new phase in a war that began in April 2023 and has caused what the United Nations has called “the world’s worst crisis”.

Life in America might seem ordinary to locals, but to outsiders, it often feels like an alternate universe. From the lack of paid maternity leave to the cost of healthcare and even how tipping works, foreigners can’t believe what Americans consider “normal.” One online video shared the most unbelievable, eyebrow-raising…

UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’

Experts say 2023, 2024 and 2025 the three hottest years in 176 years of records, with 1.5C Paris agreement target now ‘virtually impossible’