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Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention of Biological Diversity, and Susana Muhamad, Minister of Environment of Colombia, during a plenary session at the United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, October 26, 2024.

‘Not Ambitious Enough’: COP16 Delegates Disappointed at Lack of Finance Deal Despite Breakthroughs on Genetic Data and Indigenous Representation

The biodiversity summit was meant for countries to follow through on their pledges to halt the destruction of nature made two years ago. Instead, it ended in disarray […]

Climate Finance: What Can We Expect From COP29 and What Must Happen?

Scheduled to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November, COP29 is shaping up to be a defining conference, particularly for global climate finance. Building on previous negotiations, the […]

Plastic Odyssey: The Ship That Battles a Tidal Wave of Plastic

Plastic Odyssey is a three-year global expedition with a mission to build a worldwide network of recycling entrepreneurs, promote sustainable practices, and address plastic pollution at its source. Earth.Org visited […]

Delegates on the first day of the United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, October 21, 2024.

COP16: Time to Move as One for Nature in the ‘City of Birds’

Could this week’s pivotal United Nations biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia’s “city of birds,” finally be the moment the global community moves as one for nature? — The […]

Trees blocking a roadway in the Old Northeast neighborhood in Saint Petersburg, Florida, on the morning of October 11, 2024 after Hurricane Milton

I Lived Through Hurricane Helene and Milton. Let’s Talk About Climate Change

When more people know about the impacts of climate change, we can work together to help the planet. We should start by acknowledging how global warming is affecting […]

A woman walks in floodwater in Kathmandu after the Nepalese capital was hit by record rainfall in September 2024

Climate Change and Rapid Urbanization Key Drivers of Deadly Nepal Floods, Analysis Shows

244 people died in central and eastern Nepal last month as record rainfall triggered flash floods, landslides and riverine flooding. — Human-made climate change made the heavy rainfall […]

global food security, food scarcity; grain; poverty

World Food Day 2024: Why Global Food Security Matters

The world population has reached 8 billion and is expected to keep climbing at a rate of about 1% every decade until at least 2050. A growing number […]

Two O&M wind technicians secure themselves with security harnesses to the top of a wind turbine during annual inspection of the Roosevelt wind farm in eastern New Mexico. Photo taken in May 2016

Historic Global Growth of Renewables Set to Outpace Countries’ 2030 Targets But Fall Short of COP28 Tripling Goal, IEA Says

China is set to maintain its position as the global leader in renewable expansion, while the European Union, the US and India will more than double their renewable […]

Expedition; The Abel Tasman flies the Climate Stripes on her gennaker sail in Victoria Strait near King William Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. This is the location where the ships Erebus and Terror got stuck in ice for two years and sank during the famous Franklin Expedition in 1845-48.

EXCLUSIVE – Peering Over the Edge of the Planet’s Tipping Points: Meet the Team on a Four-Month Expedition Across the Arctic Circle

Keith Tuffley, a former Citi and Goldman Sachs banker and CEO of The B Team, is leading a crew of explorers, scientists and adventurers on an expedition across […]

Plaintiff speaking at a press conference ahead of the first public hearing held on April 23, 2024.

Meet South Korea’s Young Activists Spearheading Climate Action in Asia

In August, the Korean Constitutional Court ruled a provision of the country’s climate law unconstitutional. The verdict, the first of its kind in Asia, will have huge implications […]

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