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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

As the UN Global Climate Talks Lose Momentum, a Smaller Coalition Eyes a Fossil Fuel Exit

More than 50 countries will gather in Colombia to try to develop real-world timetables to phase out oil and gas amid global energy shocks and petrostate stalling.

By Bob Berwyn

 A panel announces the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels during the COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on Nov. 21, 2025. Credit: First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Oil refineries off of the Houston Ship Channel in Houston, Texas. According to the United Nations, "fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for around 68 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions." Credit: Ken Cedeno/Corbis via Getty Images

Post-COP 30 Modeling Shows World Is Far Off Track for Climate Goals

By Ryan Krugman
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers remarks during the “Climate Summit 2025” on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 24, 2025. Credit: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images

Climate Cooperation Will Suffer as the U.S. Disengages From International Commitments

By Bob Berwyn
An inflatable that looks like the Earth rises above a mass of people, some carrying signs, including, "We are Nature, Nature is Us"

As the Trump Administration Withdraws From Climate Treaties, Legal Scholars Debate Whether—and How—It Can Do So

By Georgina Gustin
Scientists gather for the 63rd session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Lima, Peru, on Oct. 27, 2025. Credit: Peru Ministry of Environment

What Top Climate Scientists Think of Trump’s Treaty Withdrawals

By Lee Hedgepeth
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
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
Delegates rest outside of the assembly hall in Geneva, after talks aimed at striking a landmark treaty on plastic pollution ended with no consensus. Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

Plastic Pollution Talks in Geneva End Without Treaty

By Bob Berwyn
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
Representatives attend the closing plenary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change talks on June 26 in Bonn, Germany. Credit: Lara Murillo/U.N. Climate Change

Bonn Climate Talks Rife With Roadblocks and Dead Ends

By Bob Berwyn
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
The author team of the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Cities met this week in Osaka, Japan. Credit: IPCC

Some US Scientists Stick with the IPCC Despite the Administration Pulling Out of International Climate Work

By Bob Berwyn
President Donald Trump holds his signed executive order announcing the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena on Monday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Moves Again to Exit the Paris Agreement. Here’s What That Means

By Bob Berwyn
The judges of the International Court of Justice rise during a hearing to set a legal framework on how countries should tackle climate change in The Hague on Dec. 4. Credit: Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/AFP via Getty Images

International Court of Justice Hears Climate Pleas Ahead of Issuing an Advisory Opinion

By Bob Berwyn
COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev (front right) and other committee members applaud the end of the UNFCCC climate conference in the early hours on Nov. 24 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

COP Climate Talks Could Benefit From More Feminist Values, Less Focus on Tech Solutions, Experts Say

By Bob Berwyn
Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster, Samoa Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, leaves a meeting as a representative of the Alliance of Small Island States on day twelve of the COP29 climate conference on Nov. 23 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

How COP29 Came Close to Collapse, as Developed and Developing Nations Clashed Under the Weak Azerbaijanis

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
The 29th Conference of the Parties—COP29—has ended in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

Overtime Deal at COP29 Falls Short of Global Climate Finance Needs

By Bob Berwyn
As the world tries to shift away from fossil fuels at COP29 in Baku, a new report shows how climate disinformation is slowing those efforts. Credit: UN Climate Change/Habib Samadov

Disinformation Threatens Climate Action, UN Warns

By Bob Berwyn

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