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Small victories and major frustrations mark latest round of plastics treaty negotiations
"Intransigent" negotiators stalled efficient progress, raising questions about the path forward.
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![US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives a press conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen on December 17, 2009 on the 11th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference.]()
![US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives a press conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen on December 17, 2009 on the 11th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference.]()
The decade-old broken climate promise that looms over COP28
New data suggest wealthy countries may belatedly be providing a promised $100 billion in climate-related aid. But they’ve eroded trust in the process.
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![Amos Mwangi and Paul Wanja, members of Nakuru County Waste Pickers Association, work at the Gioto dumping site in Nakuru, Kenya, on November 8, 2023.]()
![Amos Mwangi and Paul Wanja, members of Nakuru County Waste Pickers Association, work at the Gioto dumping site in Nakuru, Kenya, on November 8, 2023.]()
How waste pickers are fighting for recognition in the UN global plastics treaty
"Private companies are not capable of extracting anywhere near the amount of recyclables that reclaimers are."
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China and the US, the world’s biggest polluters, strike a climate deal
The two countries promise to “rise up to one of the greatest challenges of our time for present and future generations of humankind.”
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UN: Countries’ current climate action plans would raise emissions
Ahead of COP28, officials warn that nations are "only taking baby steps" to address climate change.
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Plastic’s life-cycle costs overwhelmingly fall on poor countries
A new analysis finds lower-income countries pay 8 times more for plastic’s social and environmental impacts.
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Mercury is still an environmental threat
The heavy metal is poisoning Indigenous peoples' environment and health, but no one can agree on how or when to get rid of it.
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![Fatih Birol, IEA executive director, speaks at a podium.]()
![Fatih Birol, IEA executive director, speaks at a podium.]()
New IEA outlook: With renewable energy ‘unstoppable,’ fossil fuels will peak by 2030
The International Energy Agency also warns of a natural gas glut that could threaten the world’s ability to meet Paris Agreement targets.
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The pope leads 1.4 billion Catholics. Getting them to care about the climate is harder than he thought.
Pope Francis is among the most significant religious leaders in the world. But even he can’t bend the emissions curve on his own.
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![Women activists protest and demand a Loss and Damage fund during the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference, held by UNFCCC in Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center, Egypt on November 17, 2022.]()
![Women activists protest and demand a Loss and Damage fund during the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference, held by UNFCCC in Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center, Egypt on November 17, 2022.]()
UN countries agreed to support climate reparations. Now they’re deadlocked on the details.
The celebrated “loss and damage” fund is stalled over disagreements about who should pay in, who should receive funds, and the role of the World Bank.
