NEW YORK - Relentless global warming threatens the potential success of a sweeping set of goals established by the United Nations to tackle inequality, conflict and other ills, officials said on Tuesday .
The latest report, which called climate change"the greatest challenge to sustainable development," came as diplomatic, business and other officials gathered for a high-level UN forum to take stock of the goals' progress. "These effects, which will render many parts of the globe uninhabitable, will affect the poor the most."
But it was unclear how much of the increase reflected improved reporting systems versus an increase in trafficking, said Ms Francesca Perucci of the UN's statistics division, who worked on the report.But climate change remained paramount.