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, ...

Last month’s COP26 climate summit generated many pledges and declarations that gained international headlines, but one in particular marks a turning point—the first global pledge to accelerate the ...

While many nations came together in Glasgow to discuss how to combat climate change, extreme weather did not stop back in their homelands. Each day, leaders spoke about the impact that rising global ...

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 ...

From being “5-1 down to climate change” to climate talks being in a “rolling maul”, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson had sport on his mind during COP26, so it’s fitting that sport featured more ...

The Global Methane Pledge (GMP) was one of the few headline commitments announced at COP26. The response to the GMP indicates that tackling methane emissions is now firmly on the agenda for the ...

Nearly 200 nations reached a climate agreement on Saturday at COP26 with an unprecedented reference to the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, even after an 11th-hour objection from India that ...

Good morning! We're back in Washington after two weeks in Glasgow, Scotland, covering COP26, the United Nations climate conference. We regret that we didn't bring back any whisky or Irn-Bru, the ...

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 ...

Drexel University is a permanent observer to United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC)’s annual Conference of Parties (COP), and has sent a delegation of faculty, professional ...

It may be Arbor Day, but it’s generally a tough time to be a tree lover. That’s according to the latest edition of The World Resources Institute’s Global Forest Review, which found that millions of ...

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, ...