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'People Are Underestimating the Force of Angry Kids': Greta Thunberg Returns to Europe for Climate Summit

Greta Thunberg

After Hottest Decade Since Records Began, WMO Warns World May Face 5°C Rise by Century's End

Julia Conley, staff writer

The impacts of the climate crisis "are real and happening now and place huge pressures on communities and countries," climate scientists said.

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Decrying 'Utterly Inadequate' Efforts to Tackle Climate Crisis, UN Chief Declares 'Our War Against Nature Must Stop'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

"The point of no return is no longer over the horizon," António Guterres warned...

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'We See No Other Options': Youth Activists Lead Global #ClimateStrike Ahead of COP 25

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Thousands of students participated in the global climate strike

"Countless negotiations have produced much-hyped but ultimately empty...

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Oil pumps in California

Climate Expert Says UN Emissions Report Makes Clear Only Solution Is to 'Cut Off Supply of Fossil Fuels at Their Source'

Women during a protest on the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Nantes, France, on November 25, 2019. (Photo: Estelle Ruiz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Global Demonstrations Demand 'Concrete, Practical Action' to End Violence Against Women

'The Science Is Screaming': UN Report Warns Only Rapid and Transformational Action Can Stave Off Climate Disaster

fossil fuel infrastructure

'Another Year. Another Record.': Levels of Key Climate-Heating Gases Hit New Highs in 2018, UN Reveals

Pompeo Calls It 'Democracy' in Bolivia as Post-Coup Violence Grows and Fear of Civil War Intensifies

Projected Fossil Fuel Production 'Dangerously Out of Step' With Global Climate Goals, UN Report Reveals

International voices condemned the U.S. decision to no longer consider the Israeli settlements in Palestine a war crime.

'Naked Violation' of Human Rights: Global Condemnation Over New US Position on Israeli Occupation

UN Votes 187-3 to Condemn US Embargo Against Cuba, With Israel and Brazil Joining Trump Administration as Lone Outliers

Protesters gathered at the Eiffel Tower

'Catastrophic Message in Moment of Great Urgency': Trump Begins Ditching Paris Climate Deal

The Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant owned by Xcel Energy and located in Becker, Minnesota, shown in 2016.

Because the Climate Crisis 'Does Not Wait for Us,' Spain to Host COP25 in Place of Chile

Demonstrators protest outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London on October 21, 2019.

Julian Assange's Life Is at Risk, Says United Nations Expert, Condemning Detention After Exposing War Crimes

Organizers in Washington D.C. with D.C. Abolition Coalition and the D.C. Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee deliver the demands of South Carolina Prisoners to the local United Nations Office.

'No Other Path to Redress': South Carolina Prisoners Appeal to UN After State and Federal Officials Ignore Pleas for Livable Conditions

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Center for International Environmental Law

Countries Have a Duty to Pursue Disability-Inclusive Climate Action, According to New Report

Center for International Environmental Law

New Report Confirms: Human Rights Are Integral to Climate Action

Food & Water Watch

UN Climate Report Shows Urgent Need for Supply-Side Action

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Shift on Israeli Settlements Violates Norms Established at Nuremberg, Human Rights Attorneys Say

Jubilee USA Network

IMF Warns of Unstable Financial System

Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)

U.N. Expert Committee Recommends Global Elimination of Toxic Chemical Harming Health of Firefighters: PFHXs, Used as Substitute for Banned PFOS and PFOA, Recommended for Global Ban

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Erika González, Sriram Madhusoodanan

Meet the Big Polluters Sponsoring COP25

John Atcheson

Why We Need a Green New Deal and Half Measures Won't Work

Michelle Bachelet

Hong Kong's Leaders Have Only One Way Out of the Protest Crisis

Nicolas J S Davies

Iraqis Rise Up Against 16 Years of "Made in the USA" Corruption

Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer

Why We Strike Again

Stephen Zunes

Trump’s Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support

Andy Rowell

Planned Fossil Fuel Production Dangerously Out of Line With Climate Safety

Hoda Baraka

Mind the Gap: On the Glaring Hole Between Global Fossil Fuel Expansion and Paris Climate Goals

Juan Cole

Fascists R Us: Trump and Pompeo’s Deny That Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land Is Illegal

Vijay Prashad

How U.S. Sanctions on Iran Are Killing Innocent People