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Climate change is upon us and humanity is far from ready, the  United Nations  climate science panel warned in a major report on Monday. A polar bear pictured on an ice floe in Essen Bay off the coast of Prince George Land, part of Russia's Franz Josef Land archipelago. © Ekaterina Anisimova Noting that nearly half the world’s population was already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts, the report calls for drastic action on a huge scale: A third to a half of the planet needs to be conserved to ensure future food and freshwater supplies. Coastal cities need plans to keep people safe from storms and rising seas. And more. “Adaptation saves lives,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said with the report’s release. “As climate impacts worsen – and they will – scaling up investments will be essential for survival… Delay means death.” The 3,675-page report is the latest in a series by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) detail...

  The  United States and the United Arab Emirates  are seeking an additional $4 billion of global investment in an initiative launched last year to make agriculture resilient to climate change and reduce its emissions, a US official said on Sunday. The two countries launched the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) at COP26 climate talks in November, aiming for $4 billion investment from governments and non-government innovation partners between 2021-2025. US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack addresses a press conference following talks with German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt at the agriculture ministry in Berlin on April 5, 2015 AIM now wants $8 billion in climate-smart investment commitments by the November COP27 climate talks in Egypt, US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack told Reuters ahead of AIM’s first ministerial meeting in Dubai on Monday. “We believe we actually need to set a higher goal. President Biden believes we ...