This Earth Month, Florida should demand a limit on sea-level rise
An upper limit would clarify the stakes for Florida, which faces billions of dollars in exposure to rising seas.
Tag: United Nations
From floodwaters to the global stage: FIU grad student was Pakistan’s voice at COP30
In November, Sidra Riaz served as a delegate to the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means
Dry reservoirs, sinking cities, crop failures, water rationing and more frequent wildfires are among the consequences.
Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change had been ratified and signed by the US in 1992.
Belém marks a turning point for global climate action
The COP30 summit in Brazil left no room for excuses and set the world on a path to meaningful action
COP30: Five reasons the UN climate conference failed to deliver on its ‘people’s summit’ promise
The final negotiations were once again dominated by fossil fuel interests and delaying tactics.
Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil
'The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.'
Trump’s words aren’t stopping many other countries from setting higher climate goals, but progress is slow
After Trump derided climate concerns at the UN, more than 100 other countries announced new climate commitments.
Pope Leo’s call for climate action builds on past papal efforts
The American-born pope emphasized that confronting climate change is a spiritual imperative and responsibility.
US government may be abandoning the global climate fight, but new leaders are filling the void
China seems to be filling the climate power vacuum created by the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.