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New Zealand Mulls Law Prohibiting Civil Lawsuits Against Polluting Companies

Greenpeace slammed the proposal as a “shocking abuse of executive power to help corporate polluters.”

Policy & Economics

power plant emissions; co2 emissions

Policy & Economics

From Green Deals to carbon taxes, learn more about the policies affecting the climate crisis and shaping the future of the planet, both socially and economically.

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President Donald Trump delivers an address before a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025.

Trump Fires All 22 Independent Board Members of National Science Foundation

Policy & Economics

Apr 30th 20263 mins

“Global Climate Action – High-level Event (Mandated)” at COP30.

Coalition of ‘High Ambition’ States Calls For Legal International Instrument on Fair Fossil Fuel Phase Out

Policy & Economics

Apr 28th 20263 mins

Offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Trump Administration Seeks Endangered Species Act Exemption For Gulf Drilling, Citing National Security

Policy & Economics

Mar 30th 20263 mins

Guardian Tetragonisca angustula.

Ancestors of the Amazon: Inside the Battle to Grant Legal Rights to Stingless Bees

Policy & Economics

Mar 30th 202611 mins

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Hugues Falys from Hainaut in west Belgium took TotalEnergies to court to seek compensation for climate change-induced damage to his farm.

Ruling in Belgian Farmer’s Climate Lawsuit Against TotalEnergies Postponed to September

Policy & Economics

Mar 18th 20263 mins

Investment in lithium-ion batteries and clean technologies.

The Nuanced Reality of Scaling the Energy Transition: Lessons from Lithium-Ion Batteries

Policy & Economics

Mar 16th 20266 mins

Power plant emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Have Economists Been Underestimating the Cost of Climate Change?

Policy & Economics

Mar 6th 20264 mins

A North Atlantic Right Whale spotted near Provincetown, Massachusetts, US.

Trump Administration Mulls Rollback of Lifesaving Protections For Critically Endangered Whale

Conservation

Mar 5th 20263 mins

US EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaking with attendees at The People's Convention at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan.

Endangerment Finding: Trump Administration Hails Repeal as Green Groups Decry ‘Unlawful’ Move

Policy & Economics

Feb 13th 20268 mins

Two surfers paddle past the breaking waves, an oil outrigger looms in the distance.

Trump Administration Faces Legal and Public Backlash Over Massive Offshore Drilling Expansion

Policy & Economics

Feb 13th 20264 mins

Guerilla advertising campaign takes aim at Liberty Mutual’s fossil fuel business

Amsterdam, Florence Become Latest Cities to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads

Policy & Economics

Feb 5th 20264 mins

Chris Wright speaking with attendees at the American Conservation Coalition's 2023 Summit at the Salt Lake City Marriott City Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Secretive US Climate Skeptic Panel Tasked With Writing Contentious Global Warming Report Violated Law, Court Rules

Policy & Economics

Feb 2nd 20262 mins

biden administration offshore wind

Massachusetts Court Delivers Another Blow to Trump’s Offshore Wind Freeze

Energy

Jan 30th 20262 mins

Trump signs an executive order in front of the White House on April 2, 2025.

‘A Race to the Bottom’: US Officially Leaves Paris Climate Agreement

Policy & Economics

Jan 28th 20264 mins

President Donald Trump in January 2026; One year of Trump.

One Year of Trump: How the US Reversed Climate Progress, at Home and Abroad

Policy & Economics

Jan 20th 20269 mins

renewable energy expansion 2023; offshore wind power

Two Courts Block Trump Administration’s Attempt to Halt Clean Energy Projects

Policy & Economics

Jan 14th 20262 mins

Private jet; global elite emissions drive global warming.

Richest 1% Exhausted Their Carbon Budget for 2026 in Just 10 Days, Says Oxfam

Policy & Economics

Jan 13th 20263 mins

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in 2025.

New US Food Guidelines Prioritize Emissions-Intensive Meat and Dairy Industries

Policy & Economics

Jan 12th 20264 mins

Trumps speaks at the White House on March 26, 2025.

Trump Withdraws US From 66 International Organizations, Including Pivotal Climate Treaties

Policy & Economics

Jan 8th 20263 mins

Plastic waste on a beach on Lamma Island, Hong Kong, in July 2025.

Hong Kong’s Plastic Ban Reshapes Daily Life. But Is It Enough?

Policy & Economics

Dec 30th 20256 mins

Amazon deforestation

EU Countries Approve Another Year-Long Delay to Deforestation Regulation

Policy & Economics

Dec 23rd 20252 mins

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second left); Christiana Figueres (left), Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Laurent Fabius (second right), Minister for Foreign Affairs of France and President of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) and François Hollande (right), President of France celebrate after the historic adoption of Paris Agreement on climate change.

10 Years of the Paris Agreement: How the Climate Has Changed, in 4 Charts

Climate Change

Dec 12th 20254 mins

Marina Silva, Brazil's Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 President, at the COP30 Closing Plenary.

No Mention of Planet-Warming Fossil Fuels in COP30 Agreement

Policy & Economics

Nov 23rd 20254 mins

COP30 Presidency and and the UNFCCC Secretariat consult during a break after Colombia's intervention at the COP30 Closing Plenary.

Reactions Pour in After Weak COP30 Agreement

Policy & Economics

Nov 23rd 202516 mins

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the Photograph of Heads of Delegation at the Belém Climate Summit.

American States, Institutions Scramble to Fill Gap Left by US Absence at COP30

Policy & Economics

Nov 21st 20254 mins

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell speaks during the Opening of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) in the Brazilian Amazon.

Countries’ Climate Pledges Put World on Track for 12% Reduction in Emissions, UN Says

Policy & Economics

Nov 11th 20252 mins

Power plant emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Current National Climate Pledges Fall Far Short of What Is Needed to Limit Warming to 1.5C, Report Shows

Climate Change

Oct 30th 20253 mins

Deforestation and environmental destruction.

Governments Recognize Ecocide As a Crime at World’s Largest Conservation Congress

Policy & Economics

Oct 22nd 20253 mins

power plant emissions; co2 emissions

UN-Backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance Pauses Operations Following High-Profile Departures

Policy & Economics

Sep 1st 20252 mins

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

One Year On: Behind the Scenes of South Korea’s First Climate Court Victory

Policy & Economics

Aug 29th 20257 mins

eu carbon emissions 2023; natural gas plant; fossil fuel emissions

COP30 Host Brazil Calls For Bold National Emissions Reduction Plans Ahead of September Deadline

Policy & Economics

Aug 21st 20252 mins

President Donald Trump delivers an address before a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025.

100 Days of Trump: How the US Overturned Years of Climate Progress

Policy & Economics

Apr 30th 202512 mins

endangered marine species; sea level rise threatens the loggerhead sea turtle

Trump Administration to Strip Endangered Species’ Protections

Policy & Economics

Apr 22nd 20253 mins

Shipping cargo being loaded at a container port.

High Stakes, Low Ambition: A Look Into IMO’s Fragile Shipping Deal

Policy & Economics

Apr 18th 20255 mins

A group of coal miners clap as President Donald Trump signs executive orders on the coal industry on April 8, 2025.

Trump Signs Executive Orders to Revive ‘Beautiful Clean Coal’ in Blow to US Emissions Reduction Efforts

Energy

Apr 9th 20254 mins

carbon emissions; decarbonisation

The History and Legacy of Carbon Pricing Around the World

Policy & Economics

Mar 4th 20258 mins

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