UN Chief Warns of Global Crisis Demanding Urgent Action

Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a stark warning to world leaders on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week, urging them to take urgent, coordinated action to ... Read More

It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.

How do we think about the climate future, now that the era marked by the Paris Agreement has so utterly disappeared? Read More

Global climate action is at stake in the UN top court's biggest ever decision

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The UN's highest court is handing down a historic opinion on climate change Wednesday, a decision that could set a legal benchmark for action around the globe to the ... Read More

The U.N.'s highest court will decide on the climate obligations of countries

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The UN's highest court is handing down a historic opinion on climate change Wednesday, a decision that could set a legal benchmark for action around the globe to the climate ... Read More

Nations must act on climate change or could be held responsible, top U.N. court rules

The top United Nations court has ruled that nations are obligated under international law to limit climate change, and countries that don't act could be held legally responsible for climate damages ... Read More

U.S. Is Missing the Century’s ‘Greatest Economic Opportunity,’ U.N. Chief Says

In a speech on renewable energy, António Guterres cited “clear market distortion” in favor of fossil fuels by President Trump and others but called the transition to cleaner energy economically ... Read More

U.N. says booming solar, wind and other clean energy hit global tipping point for even lower costs

NEW YORK — The global switch to renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point” where solar and wind power will become even cheaper and more widespread, according to two reports released ... Read More