Climate Change

U.S. touts new era of collaboration with Native American tribes to manage public lands

By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

Hundreds of tribal leaders gathered in Washington this week for an annual summit where the Biden administration is celebrating nearly 200 new agreements to boost cooperation with the tribes.

COP28 talks shift into high gear when words and definitions matter

By Seth Borenstein, David Keyton, Sibi Arasu, Joshua A. Bickel, Associated Press

The mood is about to shift, the hours grow longer and the already high sense of urgency somehow amp up even more as the United Nations climate summit heads into its final week.

COP28 in murky middle ground on climate goals after 1st week wraps up

By Seth Borenstein, Dana Beltaji, Associated Press

Proponents who are calling for a ground-shifting phase-out of fossil fuels have hope for the first time in years, but also see where it could be torpedoed.

In November, Earth set new heat record for 6th month in a row

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

With only one month left for the year, 2023 is on the way to smashing the record for hottest year.

UN reports worrying rates of warming as COP28 tries to tackle climate crisis

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

Warming oceans and melting of ice sheets caused the rate of sea-level rise to nearly double in less than a generation.

Here are the key takeaways from Monday at the UN climate conference

By Michael Phillis, Associated Press

The president of the talks, Sultan al-Jaber of the host United Arab Emirates, was on the defensive after video circulated of him questioning plans to phase out fossil fuels.

Al Gore blasts COP28 climate chief and oil companies’ emissions pledges

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Former Vice President Al Gore says don't trust the oil and gas industry to report their actual carbon pollution and he adds that the man running United Nations climate talks runs one of the dirtiest oil companies out there.

Oil companies pledge at COP28 to slash methane pollution, but critics call it a ‘smokescreen’

By Jon Gambrell, Peter Prengaman, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of this year's United Nations climate talks said Saturday.

News Wrap: U.S. at COP28 commits to tripling renewable energy production by 2030

In our news wrap Saturday, Vice President Harris pledged $3 billion at COP28 to a global fund to help poorer nations adapt to climate change, a protestor is in critical condition after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate…

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Poorer nations use COP28 to pressure rich world on climate solutions, with pope’s support

By Jamey Keaten, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Leaders of developing nations launched into the second day of a U.N. climate summit to press rich industrialized countries to share their knowhow to fight global warming and ease the financial burdens they face.