The world’s largest recorded iceberg, A23a, is breaking apart at an extraordinary pace after drifting through the Southern Ocean for decades.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that “climate chaos is rewriting the rules of weather” as new data confirms rapidly accelerating global warming driven by record greenhouse gas levels.

January 2026 was the fifth-warmest January ever recorded globally, according to the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service, as extreme weather hit different parts of the world.

As world leaders convene in Brazil for the COP30 climate summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged on Thursday for immediate action to lower global temperatures and maintain the 1.5°C target.

The problem of freshwater scarcity has reached Türkiye. Until now, Iran was often cited as the primary country in the region suffering from a water deficit. However, Türkiye is now facing serious challenges of its own. Global warming has struck the country as well, and quite severely.

Donald Trump's potential return to the White House would have profound implications for climate and environmental policies in the United States and internationally. During his first term, over 125 U.S. environmental regulations and policies were rolled back, reshaping how the U.S. addressed climate change and environmental protection.

Robust legal mechanisms are essential to limit global warming to 1.5°C, Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, COP29 President-Designate, said on Friday.

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The COP29 agenda will encompass all societal and economic sectors worldwide, the COP29 President and Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan, Mukhtar Babayev, said at the presentation of the COP29 Chairmanship's Action Plan.