WE ARE ONE Wu Haitao (right, front), China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council’s meeting during the start of a summit aiming to tackle climate change at the UN headquarters in New York City on July 26, 2021. Haitao said that China has always held an objective position on important issues and the United Nations Security Council should play a constructive role in this regard. GLOBAL TIMES PHOTO
UNITED NATIONS: Nearly 200 nations start online negotiations on Monday to validate a United Nations science report that will anchor autumn summits charged with preventing climate catastrophe on a planetary scale.
Record-smashing heat waves, floods and drought across three continents in recent weeks, all amplified by global warming, make the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment more than timely.
