United Nations
As Efforts on a Global Treaty Stall, Cities and States Are on the Front Lines of the Battle Over Plastic Pollution
By James Bruggers
We All Agree There’s a Plastics Crisis. So Why Did the Global Plastics Treaty Stall Out?
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
COP Climate Talks Could Benefit From More Feminist Values, Less Focus on Tech Solutions, Experts Say
By Bob Berwyn
How COP29 Came Close to Collapse, as Developed and Developing Nations Clashed Under the Weak Azerbaijanis
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Overtime Deal at COP29 Falls Short of Global Climate Finance Needs
By Bob Berwyn
Disinformation Threatens Climate Action, UN Warns
By Bob Berwyn
Agriculture and Food Get Their Day—Again—at the Annual UN Climate Summit
By Georgina Gustin
To Protect Vast Expanses of Ocean Beyond All National Boundaries, 60 Nations Must Ratify the Treaty of the High Seas
By Teresa Tomassoni
Facing an Imminent Deadline, Nations Struggle to Agree on a Global Plastics Treaty
By James Bruggers
To Protect the Ozone Layer and Slow Global Warming, Fertilizers Must Be Deployed More Efficiently, UN Says
By Georgina Gustin
US Diplomats Notch a Win on Climate Super Pollutants With Help From the Private Sector
By Phil McKenna
‘COP Fatigue’: Experts Warn That Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress
By Bob Berwyn
US Election Darkens the Door of COP29 as It Opens in Azerbaijan
By Bob Berwyn
After Trump Win, World Says ‘We’ve Been Here Before’
By Bob Berwyn
9 Years After the Paris Agreement, the UN Confronts the World’s Failure to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
New Reports Ahead of COP29 Show The World Is Spinning Its Wheels on Climate Action
By Bob Berwyn
