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United Nations Climate Talks in Bonn Marked by ‘Sidestepping and Stalling’

U.S. policies and military actions have raised anxieties, as well as hopes of a faster transition away from fossil fuels.

By Bob Berwyn

Delegates from around the world attend the opening plenary of the latest round of climate negotiations on June 8 in Bonn, Germany. Credit: Lara Murillo/UNFCCC
Vishal Prasad, director of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, speaks to the media after an International Court of Justice session in The Hague on July 23, 2025. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

A Youth-Led Campaign Claims a Win For Climate Justice

By Bob Berwyn

Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu attends an International Court of Justice session on July 23, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

U.N. General Assembly Embraces Court Opinion That Says Nations Have a Legal Obligation to Take Climate Action

By Dana Drugmand

Kurdistan Workers’ Party fighters plant trees in the Qandil Mountains. Experts see an opportunity for environmental restoration after a long conflict between the group and Turkey ended last year. Credit: Kurdishstruggle/CC BY 2.0

War Harms the Environment. Can a Peace Treaty Repair the Damage?

By Jaylan Sims

Representatives from countries around the world gather for the 64th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Bangkok on March 26. Credit: IPCC

Global Climate Panel Faces Strife, Potential Funding Crunch

By Bob Berwyn

Cambodian fishermen catch a giant catfish from the Mekong River. Credit: Zeb Hogan/CMS

Earth’s Greatest Underwater Migrations Are Disappearing

By Johnny Sturgeon

An aerial view of British Steel’s Scunthorpe mill on April 12, 2025, in Scunthorpe, England. Activities such as steelmaking have disrupted the Earth’s energy balance. Credit: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images

Report Shows Earth’s Climate is Out of Balance, as Indicators Hit New Extremes

By Bob Berwyn

Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaks during the Green Growth Summit in Brussels on Monday. Credit: Michael Chia/UNFCCC

Iran War Shows That Doubling Down on Fossil Fuels Is ‘Delusional,’ UN Climate Chief Says

By Keerti Gopal

Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu speaks to the media after an International Court of Justice session on states’ legal obligations to address climate change in The Hague, Netherlands, on July 23, 2025. Credit: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

An Island Nation in the South Pacific Leads the Latest Push for Climate Justice at the UN

By Bob Berwyn

Cans of tuna, sardines, and other canned fish are displayed on a supermarket shelf in southwestern France on Jan. 16. Credit: Véronique Tournier/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images

One in Five Fish Products Tied to Fraud

By Johnny Sturgeon

Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

A displaced Palestinian woman pushes water away from her tent after heavy rainfall at a makeshift camp inside Gaza’s port on Nov. 14. Credit: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Gaza Faces Another Catastrophic Winter as Environmental and Humanitarian Devastation Mount

By Keerti Gopal

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

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

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

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

UN Secretary-General António Guterres attends a press conference during the United Nations’ Second World Summit for Social Development on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar. Credit: Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images

New UN Report Warns of Lagging Climate Action

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

Fish swim underwater at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador. Credit: Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images

A Turning Point for the Ocean: What the High Seas Treaty Means

By Teresa Tomassoni

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