As 2026 begins, many of us have been taking stock of the year behind us and setting intentions for the one ahead. For the world’s poorest, this was the year when the United Nations’ over-ambitious plan to solve every pressing global problem fell apart.

NEW YORK, New York, September 25, 2025 (ENS) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is hosting a climate ambition summit at the UN’s New York headquarters this week. The high-level week of the UN General Assembly is in full swing, and he is using the ...

United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday to deliver more money to countries hit hardest by climate change to help them adapt to extreme weather’s wrath. But the agreement doesn’t include an explicit detailed map to ...

Protesters push for action during UN Climate Week in New York on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. Samantha Cotler/Zuma / SplashNews.com As world leaders and influencers converge for New York’s UN General Assembly and Climate Week, two incompatible visions are ...

This year’s UN climate negotiations come as fears about rising costs, trade threats, and AI throw the world out of whack. But there’s still progress that can be made. This year’s UN climate negotiations come as fears about rising costs, trade ...

Government ministers and climate envoys, senior UN officials, experts and activists wrapped up two days of intensive dialogue with some clear recommendations for how to promote integrated solutions to the climate emergency and sustainable development ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Alice C. Hill is the is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. Mia Beams is a research associate for climate and energy at CFR.

Alice Venn receives funding for other projects from UKRI and the Research England Policy Support Fund. She is a member of the Bristol Advisory Committee on Climate Change. Alix Dietzel and Katharina Richter do not work for, consult, own shares in or ...

The Belém Health Action Plan, launched at November’s UN COP30 climate summit in Brazil, is expected to increase finance channelled to the continent, but the US is punting its conditional healthcare programme.

Traffic travels along Pine Street under hazy skies in Burlington on Wednesday, June 4. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger On Tuesday, as the federal government continued its unprecedented attack on clean energy and climate funding, Vermont’s Climate Council ...