World Nov 23 Indigenous people reflect on meaning of their participation in COP30 climate talks By Melina Walling, Associated Press
World Nov 22 COP30 climate talks end in Brazil without roadmap to phase out fossil fuels United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday to deliver more money to countries hit hardest by climate change to help them adapt to extreme weather’s wrath. But the agreement doesn’t include an explicit detailed map to… By Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling, Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press
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.”… By Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling, Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press
Nation Nov 18 Watch 9:57 As U.S. skips climate summit, John Kerry says absence undermines global cooperation The United Nations climate summit, known as COP30, will wrap up later this week, and its achievements will likely be more muted this year. Delegates from nearly 200 countries are meeting near the Amazon rainforest, but the Trump administration decided… By William Brangham, Jackson Hudgins
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. By Melina Walling, Seth Borenstein, Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press
Nov 18 Use of artificial intelligence both praised and criticized at COP30 climate talks in Brazil By Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press One expert calls AI an "completely unregulated beast around the world," while another calls it "so democratizing," but both sides agree AI is here to stay. Continue reading
Nov 17 Disaster-battered nations tell ministers at climate talks to start taking action By Seth Borenstein, Anton L. Delgado, Melina Walling, Associated Press Their message: Our lives are on the line. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 5:45 Key takeaways from COP30 halfway through the UN climate summit By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Juliet Fuisz This weekend is the halfway point for the 30th U.N. climate summit known as COP30. In a report issued days before the meeting began, the World Meteorological Organization said 2025 is “on track to be among the three warmest years… Continue watching
Nov 15 Thousands of climate protesters march on COP30 By Michael D. Regan Protesters earlier this week twice disrupted the talks by surrounding the venue, including an incident Tuesday where two security guards suffered minor injuries. Continue reading
Nov 14 ‘No one enters, no one leaves.’ Protesters block main entrance to COP30 climate talks in Brazil By Anton L. Delgado, Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling, Associated Press 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… Continue reading