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

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

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

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

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

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

Bankrolling biodiversity: How are private philanthropists investing in nature?

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

Nations adopt Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

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

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

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

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

Despite pledges, obstacles stifle community climate and conservation funding

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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