A new UNEP report informs Nicholas Stern's warnings about climate risks, including the destabilization of Greenland and West Antarctica.

The entities involved

• United Nations Environment Programme →

  United Nations organisation

  • Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica while El Niño worsened drought, prompting Jamaican representatives to discuss climate financing at UNEP.Sat 09:24
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• Nicholas Stern →

  American film producer

  Nothing else this week.

• Greenland →

  autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and world's largest island

  • An announced agreement grants the US permanent control over Greenland's security, driven by strategic US demands.Mon 17:14
  • Trump discussed geopolitical issues with Cuba and potential annexation of Greenland.Mon 16:18
• West Antarctica →

  part of Antarctica that lies within the Western Hemisphere

  Nothing else this week.

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