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COP28: Climate mums make themselves heard in halls of power

With the COP28 climate talks drawing to a close, three mothers from different continents tell the BBC how their love for their children has motivated them to take their arguments to the people in power.

COP28: Landmark summit takes direct aim at fossil fuels

Nations at the UN climate summit have for the first time taken explicit aim at the use of fossil fuels. The talks in Dubai came close to collapse but in a dramatic turn-around, nations agreed to "transition away" from coal, oil and gas.

What was agreed on climate change at COP28 in Dubai?

World leaders have reached a new agreement to tackle climate change at a big UN meeting in Dubai. The summit followed a year of extreme weather events in which many climate records were broken.

Examining COP28's potential impact on climate change

Once the gavel came down in Dubai, the warm words flowed - but will it really have an impact on climate change?

Denmark, a Global Climate Policy Leader, Strains to Live Up to High Ambitions

But the project isn’t here yet, and won’t be until 2030 or later, due in part to the deliberate pace the Danish and European governments have set. Jacob Trøst, Bornholm’s mayor, is preparing his constituents for a significant change that doesn’t yet feel tangible.

Spanning Two Worlds, Judith Kimerling Explores Ecuador’s Rainforest and the Rule of Law That Might Save Those Who Live There

The Education of Judith Kimerling: An American lawyer’s epic struggle to stop e

Texas Court Strikes Down Air Pollution Permit for Gulf Coast Oil Terminal

For the second time in three weeks, a court struck down an air pollution permit issued by Texas’ environmental regulator.

US Lawmakers Confer With World Leaders at COP28

Because of Biden’s domestic policies, other countries are once again looking to the United States for climate leadership, said Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey, the ranking Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee.

US Climate Activists at COP28 Slam Their Home Country for Hypocrisy

Claims by some U.S.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—Grant Long never thought he’d be in the audience of a U.S. presidential debate. But last week, Long, a 19-year-old University of Alabama freshman, took his seat at what was the state’s first-ever debate for the nation’s top office—a GOP

Alabama students on both sides of the political aisle said that in the reality of today’s world and political environment, one mention of a pressing global issue simply won’t suffice.

Scientists to COP28: ‘We’re Clearly in The Danger Zone’

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—As negotiators at COP28 debate which verbs in the final documents would indicate the correct level of urgency, scientists at the global talks delivered a simple, dire message: Act now, or trigger climate tipping points with serious risks to the lives and livelihoods of

With $25 Million and Community Collaboration, Baltimore Is Becoming a Living Climate Lab

Harm City: Fifth in a series about environmental justice and climate adaptation in Baltimore’s neighborhoods.

New UN ‘Roadmap’ Lays Out a Global Vision for Food Security and Emissions Reductions

As the United Nations’ annual climate summit wraps up in Dubai this week, farm and food groups are applauding the conference leadership for its intensified focus on agriculture, a major source of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions that has been overlooked in previous years.

From Fracked Gas in Pennsylvania to Toxic Waste in Texas, Tracking Vinyl Chloride Production in the U.S.

On the evening of May 17, 1970, the 19th car of a freight train derailed in the Pennsylvania village of Cromby, a small town nestled along a horseshoe curve in the Schuylkill River about 30 miles from Philadelphia.

Hurricane-Weary Floridians Ask: What U.N. Climate Talks?

CEDAR KEY, Fla.—For this island fishing village along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Hurricane Idalia wrought some of its worst damage not on land but offshore.

COP28 Does Not Deliver Clear Path to Fossil Fuel Phase Out

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Going into overtime under the cover of a dark winter night in Dubai, climate negotiators at COP28 cooked up a weak sauce of climate half-measures that fail to adequately address the existential risk of global warming to millions of people around the globe, according to

The U.S. May Not Have Won Over Critics in Dubai, But the Biden Administration Helped Keep the Process Alive

When it looked like climate negotiations in Dubai were about to fall apart early this week over the summit’s failure to make any commitment to transition away from fossil fuels, U.S.

Will the American Geophysical Union Cut All Ties With the Fossil Fuel Industry?

SAN FRANCISCO—Scientists who have risked their careers, freedom and livelihoods led a town hall meeting here on Tuesday at the world’s largest annual gathering of earth and space scientists to ask their colleagues to consider what their professional society’s stance should be in relation to the f

Q&A: Catherine Coleman Flowers Talks COP28, Rural Alabama, and the Path Toward a ‘Just Transition’

Catherine Coleman Flowers brings Alabama’s Black Belt with her everywhere she goes. She can’t help it.

Nature Got a More Prominent Place at the Table at COP28

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates— As COP28 ended with just a faint glimmer of hope that the world will take seriously the need to decarbonize by 2050, leading scientists at the confer