World Nov 20 UN secretary general urges nations at climate talks to be flexible to get results Asked whether U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres had a message for President Donald Trump, who has pulled the world's second-largest carbon polluter out of climate talks: “We are waiting for you.”…
World Nov 18 COP30 host Brazil pushes for progress on big issues As United Nations climate talks bubble to a critical point, negotiators on Tuesday were pressured to ensure that oil — along with fossil fuels coal and natural gas — won't be burned in the future.
World Nov 17 Disaster-battered nations tell ministers at climate talks to start taking action Their message: Our lives are on the line.
World Nov 14 ‘No one enters, no one leaves.’ Protesters block main entrance to COP30 climate talks in Brazil About 100 Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon for 90 minutes on Friday in a peaceful standoff that ended after a lengthy discussion with the climate talks…
World Nov 10 Climate talks start with call for faster action and more togetherness, but without the U.S. Leaders at the two-week Conference of Parties 30, or COP30, emphasize the need for collective action.
Science Oct 15 UN agency: CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and causing more extreme weather, the United Nations weather agency…
Nation Oct 02 How a shutdown affects the EPA’s effort to protect America’s air, water and land Former EPA officials express concerns that polluters may exploit the situation with an agency that has already seen massive staff cuts and dramatic shifts in policy.
Politics Sep 25 Trump called climate change a ‘con job’ at the United Nations. Here are the facts and context In his address at the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump excoriated renewable energy, international climate diplomacy, the science of global warming and other environmental issues.
World Sep 24 China announces new climate goal to cut its world-leading emissions The world’s largest carbon polluting nation has announced a new climate fighting goal to cut emissions by 7% to 10% by 2035.
Science Jul 01 Major climate change reports are removed from U.S. websites The White House, which was responsible for the assessments, said the information will be housed within NASA to comply with the law, but gave no further details.