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UN • 2026-10-28

Record heat-related deaths in 2023, WHO-partnered report finds

Climate inaction continues to harm and kill people in all countries with a record 710,000 estimated deaths globally from heat in 2023, a UN-partnered report warned on Wednesday. For the first time, more than seven in 10 fatalities were attributable to human-caused climate change.

Los Angeles Times • 2026-10-21

U.S. is a big reason for the world losing ground in the fight against climate change, U.N. report says

If all the countries do what they promise to reduce heat-trapping emissions, Earth will likely still warm another 2.2 degrees above current temperatures, according to Wednesday's update of climate calculations by the United Nations Environment Programme.

UN • 2026-10-21

Global warming will breach 1.5°C – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it back

With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries “must pull out all the stops” and urgently cut emissions to minimize the overshoot and return to the internationally agreed threshold by the end of this century.