Climate Treaties

World Talks on a Treaty to Control Plastic Pollution Are Set for Nairobi in February. How To Do So Is Still Up in the Air

Environmentalists want national limits on plastic waste, producer responsibility and caps on production. Industry favors better waste management and “advanced” chemical repurposing.

By James Bruggers

At COP26, a Consensus That Developing Nations Need Far More Help Countering Climate Change

By Agya K. Aning

COP Negotiators Demand Nations do More to Curb Climate Change, but Required Emissions Cuts Remain Elusive

By Bob Berwyn

In a Stark Letter, and In Person, Researchers Urge World Leaders at COP26 to Finally Act on Science

By Bob Berwyn

The Young Climate Diplomats Fighting to Save Their Countries

By Delger Erdenesanaa

In Glasgow, COP26 Negotiators Do Little to Cut Emissions, but Allow Oil and Gas Executives to Rest Easy

By Nicholas Kusnetz

At COP26, Youth Activists From Around the World Call Out Decades of Delay

By Delger Erdenesanaa

Nations Most Impacted by Global Warming Kept Out of Key Climate Meetings in Glasgow

By Bob Berwyn

COP26 Presented Forests as a Climate Solution, But May Not Be Able to Keep Them Standing

By Bob Berwyn

Warming Trends: At COP26, a Rock Star Named Greta, and Threats to the Scottish Coast. Plus Carbon-Footprint Menus and Climate Art Galore

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Over 100 Nations at COP26 Pledge to Cut Global Methane Emissions by 30 Percent in Less Than a Decade

By Phil McKenna, Marianne Lavelle

By 2050, 200 Million Climate Refugees May Have Fled Their Homes. But International Laws Offer Them Little Protection

By Moira Lavelle

Glasgow Climate Talks Are, in Many Ways, ‘Harder Than Paris’

By Bob Berwyn

Biden Heads for Glasgow Climate Talks with High Ambitions, but Minus the Full Slate of Climate Policies He’d Hoped

By Marianne Lavelle

Q&A: A Republican Congressman Hopes to Spread a New GOP Engagement on Climate from Washington, D.C. to Glasgow

By Judy Fahys

World Leaders Failed to Bend the Emissions Curve for 30 Years. Some Climate Experts Say Bottom-Up Change May Work Better

By Bob Berwyn

To Stop Line 3 Across Minnesota, an Indigenous Tribe Is Asserting the Legal Rights of Wild Rice

By Katie Surma

The UN’s Top Human Rights Panel Votes to Recognize the Right to a Clean and Sustainable Environment

By Katie Surma

German Election Prompts Hope For Climate Action, Worry That Democracies Can’t Do Enough

By Bob Berwyn