Nearly 200 countries adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact in Scotland on Saturday at talks known as COP26, after nearly two weeks of wrangling on everything from how much to limit global warming, what to ...

The long-awaited United Nations COP26 Climate Summit held in Glasgow, Scotland came to an end last Saturday, and diplomats and activists alike hold a mixed bag of emotions. Though many notable ...

The U.N. climate summit ended with calls on governments to return next year with tougher pledges to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Nations made new pledges on methane gas pollution, deforestation, ...

COP26 President Alok Sharma receives applause after giving the closing speech as he attends the Closing Plenary of the COP26 Climate Summit at SECC on Nov. 13, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Jeff J ...

A protestor at the podium outside plenary halls at the close of COP26 on Nov. 13 in Glasgow, Scotland. A protestor at the podium outside plenary halls at the close of COP26 on Nov. 13 in Glasgow, ...

JUST days after it was agreed on by nearly 200 countries at the COP26 summit in November, the reverberations of the Glasgow Climate Pact were being felt. In the immediate aftermath of the conference, ...

In this week’s newsletter: We began writing Down to Earth in 2021, but the global political, economic and environmental landscape has changed drastically in the past five years Don’t get Down to Earth ...

For those looking for reasons to be cynical about the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland — COP26 — there seemed to be more than ample cause early on. Yet for those looking for hope, ...

GLASGOW, Scotland — An asteroid would focus the mind better. An alien invasion might summon total cooperation. A deadly pandemic is messier, but at least we have clear protocols: diagnose, vaccinate, ...

India and Iran expressed fierce opposition to the inclusion of fossil fuels in any final agreement at the COP26 climate talks on Saturday, potentially thwarting what would have been a major ...

The announcement comes several hours after the scheduled Friday evening deadline. Delegates had struggled to resolve major sticking points, such as phasing out coal, fossil fuel subsidies and ...

LATE IN THE afternoon of Saturday November 13th, when the COP26 climate talks were nearly 24 hours into overtime, the European Commission’s vice president, Frans Timmermans, took the floor. He worried ...