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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell briefing the press on the opening day of the conference.

U.N. climate chief calls for end to fossil fuels as talks head to Dubai

John Cannon 8 Jun 2023
An ocelot (Leopardus pardalis). Image by Martinus Scriblerus via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Apache tribe decry loss of sacred site to massive copper mine at both court and the U.N.

Kate Schimel 27 Apr 2023
A wild giant otter with a discarded single-use plastic bottle.

U.N. parties are worlds apart on plastics treaty solutions

Charles Pekow 27 Apr 2023
Okinawan protester. Image by Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto via Getty Images

At the United Nations, Indigenous Ryukyuans say it’s time for U.S. military to leave Okinawa

Joseph Lee 21 Apr 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand, bringing devastating floods and powerful winds

After historic storm in New Zealand, Māori leaders call for disaster relief and rights

Joseph Lee 21 Apr 2023
Tanzania protest Ngorongoro

Indigenous Maasai ask the United Nations to intervene on reported human rights abuses

Joseph Lee 21 Apr 2023

Bankrolling biodiversity: How are private philanthropists investing in nature?

Daniel Pye 14 Apr 2023
A silky shark.

As U.N. members clinch historic high seas biodiversity treaty, what’s in it?

Elizabeth Fitt 8 Mar 2023
From center left to right: David Cooper, CBD Deputy Executive Secretary; COP 15 President Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, China; Xia Yingxian, China; and Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, CBD Executive Secretary. Image by UN biodiversity via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Nations adopt Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Latoya Abulu, Sahana Ghosh 20 Dec 2022

COP15 deal needs a ‘holistic approach to conservation’: Q&A with Joan Carling and Ramiro Batzin

Dimitri Selibas 16 Dec 2022
First Nations drummers at U.N. COP15 Nature and Culture summit. Image by UN Biodiversity via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Amid struggling COP15 talks, Indigenous leaders from Canada offer some solutions

Chris Arsenault 14 Dec 2022
Peatland restoration.

Scientists plead for protection of peatlands, the world’s carbon capsules

John Cannon 7 Dec 2022

U.N. report calls for the ban of mercury trade and its use in gold mining

Peter Speetjens 24 Nov 2022

Despite pledges, obstacles stifle community climate and conservation funding

John Cannon 23 Nov 2022

COP27 boosts carbon trading and ‘non-market’ conservation: But can they save forests?

Alec Luhn 22 Nov 2022

COP27 long on pledges, short on funds for forests — Congo Basin at risk

Alec Luhn 18 Nov 2022

COP27: ‘Brazil is back’ to fight deforestation, Lula says, but hurdles await

Alec Luhn 17 Nov 2022
Members of an Indigenous community in Guangaje, Ecuador after the blessing of a water spring. Image by Azzedine Rouichi via Unsplash (Public domain).

Small share of land rights pledge went to Indigenous groups: Progress report

John Cannon 7 Nov 2022
A tiger-legged monkey tree frog.

Humans are decimating wildlife, report warns ahead of U.N. biodiversity talks

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Oct 2022
A humpback whale.

Delegates come close, but fail again to clinch high seas protection treaty

Elizabeth Fitt 29 Aug 2022

Amid haggling over deep-sea mining rules, chorus of skepticism grows louder

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Aug 2022

A clean and healthy environment is a human right, U.N. resolution declares

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 Jul 2022
Debbie Ngawera-Packer.

‘The sea means everything’: Q&A with deep-sea mining opponent Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Jul 2022
Joan Carling, Indigenous rights activist of the Indigenous Peoples' Major Group, speaking at COP26 climate talks Forest in November 2021. Image courtesy of Karwai Tang/ UK Government via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Disappointment and a few wins, Indigenous leaders react to Nairobi biodiversity talks

Laurel Sutherland 1 Jul 2022
A sea turtle in the ocean.

U.N. Ocean Conference ends with promises. Is a sea change coming?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 1 Jul 2022
Protest in front of the Brazilian National Congress, in 2019.

Brazil shows no progress in response to U.N. calls on Indigenous rights

Carla Camargo Fanha 15 Jun 2022
African buffalo in Kenya. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Latest ‘plan for the planet’ calls for protecting 44% of land, home to 1.8b humans

Malavika Vyawahare 14 Jun 2022

IPCC report calls for ‘immediate and deep’ carbon cuts to slow climate change

John Cannon 5 Apr 2022

Chemical recycling: ‘Green’ plastics solution makes more pollution, says report

Claire Asher 22 Mar 2022

Fourth round of U.N. talks fail to finalize a treaty to manage the high seas

Elizabeth Fitt 21 Mar 2022

NGOs alert U.N. to furtive 2-million-hectare carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

John Cannon 17 Mar 2022

‘No planet B’: Groups call for $60bn increase in annual biodiversity funding

John Cannon 13 Mar 2022

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