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How climate change endangers mothers and children
Rising temperatures are rewriting the earliest stages of life, according to a new report.
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![Sculpture of replica of Rodin's The Thinker sitting on a mossy Mother Earth, with plastic pollution at its base. A yellow and gray sign reads]()
![Sculpture of replica of Rodin's The Thinker sitting on a mossy Mother Earth, with plastic pollution at its base. A yellow and gray sign reads]()
The art of a plastics treaty: How sculptures, collages, and poetry have influenced global talks
As countries try to find agreement on plastic pollution, creative interventions are turning heads — and turning the conversation toward health harms, fossil fuels, and false solutions.
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![A collage of three photos of plastic (a bag, some fencing, and some bubble wrap) overlaid with a gestural blue line chart on a blue background. The bag and bubble wrap are grey and the fencing is red.]()
![A collage of three photos of plastic (a bag, some fencing, and some bubble wrap) overlaid with a gestural blue line chart on a blue background. The bag and bubble wrap are grey and the fencing is red.]()
The global plastics crisis explained in 6 charts
Research shows the extent of plastic pollution today — and why the U.N. is negotiating a treaty to keep it from getting worse.
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![Side view of delegates seated at a long table, mostly looking at their desks.]()
Here’s what to watch for at this month’s global plastics treaty talks
Delegates are meeting in Geneva for a sixth — and potentially final — round of negotiations.
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Climate change has sent coffee prices soaring. Trump’s tariffs will send them higher.
From drought-stricken farms to rising trade barriers, the global coffee industry is facing unprecedented strain.
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This fuel is 50% plastic — and it’s slipping through a loophole in international waste law
Environmental groups are concerned that rich countries are exporting plastic to poor countries in the form of “refuse-derived fuel."
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![A woman holds crop that was lost due to the lack of water in a Chinampa or floating garden, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico on May 23, 2024.]()
![A woman holds crop that was lost due to the lack of water in a Chinampa or floating garden, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico on May 23, 2024.]()
Drought is draining water supplies and driving up food costs where you’d least expect
From Mexico City to the Mekong Delta, increasingly severe droughts caused by climate change are laying waste to ecosystems and economies everywhere.
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This year’s UN climate talks are already behind — 5 months before COP30 kicks off in Brazil
Thorny questions about who will pay for global climate action derailed a climate summit in Bonn, Germany, this week.
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![Earl Stephen and Dr Amy Parent make their way through the museum during a visit to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, ahead of the return of 11-metre tall memorial pole to what is now British Columbia.]()
![Earl Stephen and Dr Amy Parent make their way through the museum during a visit to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, ahead of the return of 11-metre tall memorial pole to what is now British Columbia.]()
UNESCO appoints Indigenous co-chairs to protect languages and knowledge amid climate crisis
"A single word like 'X̱maay' contains generations of climate knowledge, laws, and cultural practices."
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![A panel of dignitaries sitting in front of a banner reading Conférence des Nations Unies sur L'Océan Nice, France 2025]()
![A panel of dignitaries sitting in front of a banner reading Conférence des Nations Unies sur L'Océan Nice, France 2025]()
Progress and frustration mark the UN’s third Ocean Conference
The historic high seas treaty is not yet in effect — but countries drew closer to implementing it.
