IMF, World Bank Leaders Pledge at UN Climate Summit to Work With Trump

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva told a panel during the U.N. COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan that the global lender had worked with Trump during his previous term and looked forward to doing so ... Read More

BRICS demand wealthy nations fund global climate transition

Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations addressed the shared challenges of global warming on Monday, the final day of their summit in Rio de Janeiro, demanding that wealthy nations fund ... Read More

Trump Whiplash Looms Over Global Climate Talks

As the world gathers for U.N. climate negotiations in Azerbaijan next week, here’s what we will be watching. By David Gelles World leaders from more than 100 countries will gather next week at ... Read More

World leaders meet for UN climate talks, but big names missing

BAKU - Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on Nov 12 for COP29, but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump’s election victory is keenly felt. Read More

UN Bids to Salvage Global Development Summit After US Boycott

MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) -Scores of world leaders will be sweltering in the summer sun of southern Spain next week at a once-a-decade United Nations development financing summit aimed at curbing ... Read More

‘The world is watching’: Activists pressure world leaders to ...

The second day of negotiations for a treaty to curb plastic pollution is underway after environmental activists and civil society warned leaders that “the world is watching”. Read More

The world needs climate change leadership. It's time for China to step up

China was one of the many countries that missed a February deadline for submitting its targets (only 15 countries were on time). Until now, Beijing's strategy has been to "wait and see" given the ... Read More

The World Seems to Be Surrendering to Climate Change

The state of the climate future, Part I. Consider this as a moral challenge, and the answer must be “no.” As a matter of carbon math, though, the problem looks harder to solve. Read More

Here’s how much ground the world needs to make up on climate change - NPR

Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the world is still on track for severe climate change impacts, a new U.N. report finds. Action this decade will be essential. Read More