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As Negotiators Struggle to Advance a Plastics Treaty, Iran War Underscores the Urgency

Blocked Middle East oil shipments upended supply chains and prices for fossil fuel-based plastics, offering yet another reason nations must support a global treaty that shifts to sustainable materials, environmental advocates say.

By Liza Gross

 Vessels navigate the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Sept. 5. Credit: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
In 2024, farmers in Zambia struggled with El Nino-driven drought, which created severe food and water shortages. This year, the government is spending 60 percent of its budget on debt repayment, with only .32 percent going toward climate adaptation and resilience. Credit: Lusaka Province, Zambia

For Climate-Vulnerable Countries, Debt Costs 25 Times More Than Climate Action

By Alissa de Chassey
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
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
President attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on July 15, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Outcry Builds Over Trump’s Withdrawal From International, Climate Treaties

By Marianne Lavelle
The convention center in Belem, Brazil, where COP30, the United Nations annual climate talks, took place over the past 12 days. Credit: Bob Berwyn/Inside Climate News

COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action

By Bob Berwyn
In Houston, the LyondellBasell refinery, with the Houston skyline in the background. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

International Coalition Joins Push for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty: ‘We Cannot Protect Nature While Expanding Fossil Fuels’

By Dennis Pillion
Xi Jinping is visible on a large screen; in the room, dozens of people are seated

New National Climate Action Plans Trickle in During Climate Week, But Still Add Up to a Lot of Warming

By Bob Berwyn
At Climate Week NYC, an official said the United Kingdom would expand offshore wind as part of its national climate action plan. Here, in Belfast, Norther Ireland, wind turbine blades are assembled in Belfast Harbor. Credit: Peter Titmuss/UCG/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images

At Climate Week, Chile and the UK Commit to Ocean-Based Action Plans Ahead of COP30

By Teresa Tomassoni
In El Paso, the Rio Grande, with concertina wire and law enforcement along the U.S. side of the border. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Settlement Signed in Texas v. New Mexico Rio Grande Case

By Martha Pskowski
Waste pickers carry plastic materials to recycle at the Gioto dumping site in Nakuru, Kenya. Credit: James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

From Landfills and Recycling Programs to Desks in Offices, Toxic Chemicals in Plastics Poison Workers

By Liza Gross
Luis Vayas Valdivieso, chair of the U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution, speaks during the second part of the fifth session of the INC on Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland. Credit: Florian Fussstetter/UNEP

Nations Meet in Geneva in a Final Push to End Plastic Pollution

By Liza Gross
Global leaders are gathered in Kingston, Jamaica, for several weeks this month to debate a set of regulations that would govern future deep sea mining activities. Credit: Andrés Felipe Carvajal Gómez for IISD/ENB

Deep Sea Mining Negotiations Resume Amid Industry Pushback and Environmental Alarm

By Teresa Tomassoni
Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso listens to a comment by a delegate during the fifth session of the U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, on Dec. 1, 2024. Credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images

Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say

By Liza Gross
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
Every two weeks at the beach of Costa del Este, in Panama City, marine biology students descend about five meters in the sea to take care of a coral nursery of the staghorn species in Portobelo, Panama, with which they aim to restore reefs damaged by climate change and pollution. Credit: Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images

Global Scientific Community Urges World Leaders to Transform Research Into Policy Ahead of UN Ocean Conference

By Teresa Tomassoni
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin addresses the General Assembly during his State of the Commonwealth speech on Jan. 13. Credit: John C. Clark/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Virginia, Democratic Lawmakers Clash With Youngkin Over RGGI Membership, Flood Relief

By Charles Paullin
Protestors gather outside of USAID headquarters on Monday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

‘America at War With Itself’: Humanitarian, Climate Aid Becomes Flashpoint in a Battle for Control of U.S. Government

By Dennis Pillion

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