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COP30

Anticipation, Then Handwringing, at the UN Climate Talks

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and climate science reporter Bob Berwyn as they break down the key outcomes of COP30.

By Bob Berwyn

The convention center in Belem, Brazil, where COP30, the United Nations annual climate talks, took place over the past 12 days. Credit: Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action

By Bob Berwyn

A degraded area of the Amazon rainforest near Koatinemo Indigenous land in Brazil on June 12. Credit: Carlos Fabal/AFP via Getty Images

A New Tropical Forest Fund Will Pay Countries, Locals and Indigenous Tribes to Protect Their Trees

Interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

A cyclist passes a landfill, a known emitter of Methane, on Jan. 21 in Barisal, Bangladesh. Credit: Niamul Rifat/Anadolu via Getty Images

International Effort to Curb Emissions of a Climate Super Pollutant Falls Short, UN Report Reveals

By Phil McKenna

An aerial view of trucks unloading and spreading trash over a hill at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic, Calif., in February 2024. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule

By Liza Gross

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at the COP30 climate conference on Thursday in Belém, Brazil. Credit: Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via Getty Images

US Is (Officially) Gone, But Not Forgotten, at COP30

By Bob Berwyn

More than 90 species of reef fish, including the commercially important southern red snapper, depend on the Great Amazon Reef System, where they feed and shelter in its crevices and caves. Credit: Greenpeace Brazil

As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System

By Teresa Tomassoni

Pictures of trees in the halls of the COP30 venue aren’t helping much with the extreme heat. U.N. officials sent a sharp letter to Brazil, asking the host country to immediately address the concerns. Credit: Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

Extreme Heat, Leaks and Security Issues Roil COP30

By Bob Berwyn

Members of the International Court of Justice arrive to issue an advisory opinion on states’ legal obligations to address climate change in The Hague on July 23. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30

By Dana Drugmand

What’s Happening at COP30

ICN Sunday Morning

Security personnel clash with protesters as they storm the venue during the COP30 climate conference on Tuesday in Belém, Brazil. Credit: Olga Leiria/AFP via Getty Images

Built to Fail: Rules at UN Climate Talks Favor the Status Quo, Not Progress

By Bob Berwyn

COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago (center) speaks during a press meeting at the climate conference in Belém, Brazil, on Monday. Credit: Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images

Poor Air, Glaring Lights and Stress Could Hobble COP30 Climate Talks

By Bob Berwyn

The COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil, commence on Nov. 10. Credit: Wagner Meier/Getty Images

‘Hurtling Toward Climate Chaos’ as COP30 Nears

By Bob Berwyn

Waorani Indigenous people march in Quito, Ecuador, against new oil fields in the Amazon region on May 13. Credit: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images

Will COP30 Finally Prioritize Indigenous Voices?

By Liza Gross

At Climate Week NYC, an official said the United Kingdom would expand offshore wind as part of its national climate action plan. Here, in Belfast, Norther Ireland, wind turbine blades are assembled in Belfast Harbor. Credit: Peter Titmuss/UCG/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images

At Climate Week, Chile and the UK Commit to Ocean-Based Action Plans Ahead of COP30

By Teresa Tomassoni

People, many of them young, hold signs with messages like "Get Your Act Together," "Deliver Climate Finance" and "End Fossil Fuels."

‘Systematically Failed’: Civil Society’s Latest Attempt to Reform UN Climate Talks

By Ryan Krugman

Delegates gather at the World Conference Center for a U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting. For the first time in 30 years, there won’t be any negotiators from the United States participating in the annual climate talks in Bonn, Germany. Credit: Lara Murillo/U.N. Climate Change

Global Climate Talks Resumed This Week in Germany, For the First Time in 30 Years Without the United States

By Bob Berwyn

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