Six world leaders on navigating climate change, without the U.S.

Debates around climate change often focus on the world’s largest economies and biggest emitters. But much of the hard work of figuring out how to adapt — both to a hotter planet and to a new ... Read More

US government may be abandoning the global climate fight, but new leaders are filling the void – including China

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva meet in Beijing in May 2025. Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP When President Donald Trump announced in early 2025 that he ... Read More

Global cooperation needed in response to climate change, pope says

Pope Francis, meeting Nov. 11 with leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum, urged international cooperation to protect the environment and the world's oceans. Representatives of the island nations met ... Read More

Where will climate change hit hardest? Global index reveals vulnerability

Global Vulnerability Index projects climate resilience to 2100, highlighting education, health, governance, and inequality as key drivers. Read More

4. Global climate change as a threat

Majorities in all but three countries – Israel, Nigeria and the U.S. – see climate change as a major threat. Around eight-in-ten hold this view in Argentina, Brazil, France, Japan and South Korea. Read More

World running out of time to act on climate change without cooperation: COP30 president

New Delhi | The world risks "running out of time" to act on climate change without cooperation, COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago warned on Monday and stressed on the need to bridge the political ... Read More

Boykoff: In the time of global climate cooperation, the US stands out as a pariah

On Wednesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, unanimously ruled that countries have legal obligations to address climate change under international law. This ... Read More

Future Forward: Universalizing Climate Action to Bend the Curve of Climate Change for Global Sustainability

Manasa Pidatala is a Program Manager at the 1 Million for Billion (1M1B) Foundation. Swati Subodh is Co-Founder of the 1M1B Foundation. In the period from 2000 to 2019, the number of reported natural ... Read More

This climate study made a big error. One piece of data was to blame.

A year ago, a paper published in the journal Nature made a sweeping claim: The world economy was already on track to lose 19% of global gross domestic product by 2050, compared with what it would have ... Read More

London heatwave killed 263 people – with climate crisis to blame for most, study says

An extra 263 people in London died during the recent heatwave, scientists have estimated, warning that the climate crisis has tripled the number of heat-related deaths across European cities. Global ... Read More

Who's Leading the Global Conversation on Climate Change? Look South | Opinion

I recently hiked for hours through the dense rainforest of central Guyana, making my way up the rugged trail to Turtle Mountain. When I reached the summit, the view was breathtaking—miles of ... Read More