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![Mia Amor Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, delivers a speech during the second day of the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Mottley is among several world leaders pushing for a tax on high-emitting industries like shipping and aviation.]()
![Mia Amor Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, delivers a speech during the second day of the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Mottley is among several world leaders pushing for a tax on high-emitting industries like shipping and aviation.]()
Would you pay more for plane tickets to fund climate relief efforts?
At this year’s U.N. climate conference, world leaders are proposing a “global solidarity levy” on high-polluting industries.
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![John Podesta, the U.S. Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, speaks to the media on the opening day of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 11, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
![John Podesta, the U.S. Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, speaks to the media on the opening day of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 11, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
‘We may have less to offer’: US negotiators confront diminished standing at COP29
The Biden administration tried to project confidence in the early days of the U.N. climate conference, but all signs point to a reduced U.S. role.
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![Citizens walks near a sign for COP29 near the Baku Olympic Stadium, the venue of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference on October 23, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
![Citizens walks near a sign for COP29 near the Baku Olympic Stadium, the venue of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference on October 23, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.]()
Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP29
With U.S. climate commitments in question, the United Nations is forging ahead at this year’s COP29 conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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![Collage of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro]()
![Collage of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro]()
Authoritarianism is on the rise. Is climate change to blame?
There's evidence that global warming creates fertile ground for political strongmen to come to power.
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![An overhead shot of a pine forest with a section of dying trees in the front]()
![An overhead shot of a pine forest with a section of dying trees in the front]()
What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland.
Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland’s ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035. But now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores.
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![A woman in traditional Sámi dress -- a red, white, and blue shawl tied at the neck with an elaborate silver clasp and matching head covering -- sits at a conference table with a microphone. She looks off to the side as if listening to someone.]()
![A woman in traditional Sámi dress -- a red, white, and blue shawl tied at the neck with an elaborate silver clasp and matching head covering -- sits at a conference table with a microphone. She looks off to the side as if listening to someone.]()
UN report backs up Sámi claims that mining in Finland violates their rights to land and culture
"Sustainability is an empty word if you don't respect and implement Indigenous rights here in our homelands."
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![Darkened silhouette of an unidentified man in a cap looking out a window at the Panama Canal]()
![Darkened silhouette of an unidentified man in a cap looking out a window at the Panama Canal]()
The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution could displace thousands.
A proposed dam and reservoir along the Rio Indio would bring much-needed water, but at a steep cost.
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![Protesters stand behind banner that reads]()
![Protesters stand behind banner that reads]()
A landmark fund for climate reparations is beginning to languish
Since rich countries promised $650 million to the so-called loss-and-damage fund last year, new pledges have dried up.
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![Collage of environmental defenders' faces, a funeral procession for a Mexican environmentalist, and the Mina Santa Barbara coal mine in Coahuila, Mexico.]()
![Collage of environmental defenders' faces, a funeral procession for a Mexican environmentalist, and the Mina Santa Barbara coal mine in Coahuila, Mexico.]()
‘Living under this constant threat’: Environmental defenders face a mounting mental health crisis
Environmental activists are struggling with paranoia, panic attacks, and depression. Now, a growing network of mental health shelters in South America hopes to fill a void in care.
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![Yuvelis Natalia Morales sitting on a tree stump]()
![Yuvelis Natalia Morales sitting on a tree stump]()
Opposing fracking cost one Colombian activist her mental health. She’s fighting to win it back.
"At some point, they will kill you and kill all of us," environmental leader Yuvelis Natalia Morales Blanco was told.
