I saw this tension firsthand at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the annual UN climate summit. The energy there was unmistakable—a ...

The large Guamá River and forty-two metropolitan islands frame the city of Belém, which is known as the gateway to the Amazon ...

By Simon Jessop BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Despite the U.S. government souring on the global climate agenda ahead of the COP30 ...

My memories of COP29 in Baku are still vivid, and I confess I was not emotionally ready for another COP quite so soon. Baku brought moments of inspiration — alliances forged, new insights gained, and ...

Roughly one in every 25 delegates in Belém represents the fossil fuel industry – the highest proportion ever recorded at the ...

How can you manage a dam, a flood, or a hydroelectric plant if you have no information or data? You can't. You are blind to ...

At the halfway point of COP30, Teresa Anderson, ActionAid’s Global Lead on climate justice, says: ...

Few diplomatic organizations punch above their weight quite like the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis). With no fixed ...

Cities hold up to 40% of the emissions reduction potential needed to meet the climate target set in the Paris Agreement.

Negotiators pushed into overtime Friday to salvage UN climate talks in Brazil as a bitter fight over whether to mention ...

Rhode Island senator forced to attend Brazil climate summit without official U.S. credentials after Trump administration ...

Azerbaijan will host the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF13) at Baku Olympic Stadium from 17 to 22 May 2026.