A Decade After the Paris Agreement, Climate Promises Still Leave the Poor Behind

I saw this tension firsthand at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the annual UN climate summit. The energy there was unmistakable—a ...
Grist

10 years after the Paris Agreement, world leaders are letting go of its most famous goal

At COP30 in Brazil, this year's U.N. climate negotiations crashed out on a hard truth: It’s all about the money.
Scientific American

5 Charts Show Climate Progress as Paris Agreement Turns 10

The 2015 Paris Agreement forged a path for the world to stave off the worst climate change scenarios. Here’s where we stand ...
The Heartland InstituteOpinion

Climate Change Weekly # 563—COP 30 Week Two: Paris Agreement Failure Redux

COP30 is failing. Major emitters have not shown up. Virtually all nations are in serious noncompliance with their Paris ...

Experts urge canceling fossil fuel contracts to meet Paris climate goals

The countries participating in the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), currently taking place in Brazil, must cancel fossil ...

How climate cooperation turned into a global race for green power

Nearly a decade after the Paris agreement, the world is emitting more greenhouse gases than ever. Global emissions reached a ...
Opinion
The Institute for Energy ResearchOpinion

Paris Climate Accord’s Demise—James Hansen was Right

The Paris Climate Agreement turns ten this month. But COP21’s outcome — in which 195 countries pledged to reduce ...
Scientific American

Climate Action Is Slow—But It Will Still Curb Extreme Heat

Ten years after the Paris climate agreement, the limited progress we’ve made in reducing global warming means that there will ...
The Economist

The world will fail to meet the Paris agreement’s ambitious climate target

Exceeding the emissions threshold by 2026 is likely, making a post-1.5°C world inevitable. Governments face some hard choices ...

Think the Paris Agreement failed? Here's what it actually achieved

Global emissions continue to rise a decade after the Paris Agreement. However, solar, wind and EV growth demonstrate that climate action can work. Despite some remarkable leaps in climate action since ...
Public Radio International

A decade after the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, the treaty’s architect looks back at its legacy

As diplomats, scientists and activists from around the globe convene in Belém, Brazil, for COP30, The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Christiana Figueres, the former executive secretary of the ...