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A Youth-Led Campaign Claims a Win For Climate Justice

A new U.N. resolution reinforces a landmark court opinion tying fossil fuel use to human rights abuses and legal responsibility for climate change.

By Bob Berwyn

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
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

Plumes of smoke rise over oil depot tanks hit by a joint Israel-U.S. attack on March 8 in Tehran, Iran. Credit: Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images

As Energy, War and Climate Collide, a Conference in Colombia Charts a Path Beyond Fossil Fuels

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

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

By Bob Berwyn

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

After Chemical Industry Lobbying, EPA Considers Dropping Clean Air Protections for Plastic Waste Recycling 

By James Bruggers

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

At Xuan Dao Bay, in Vietnam, fishing boats lie destroyed in November 2025 along the shore after being swept away by Typhoon Kalmaegi. leaving many without work. Credit: Magdalena Chodownik/Anadolu via Getty Images

Ocean Damage Nearly Doubles the Cost of Climate Change

By Johnny Sturgeon

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

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

COP28 in Dubai unfolded amid spectacle and conspicuous wealth in 2023, as fossil-fuel power dominated the setting of the world’s largest climate summit and global emissions continued to rise.

Scenes From an Unfolding Climate Drama

Story and photos by Bob Berwyn

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

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