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An eclectic collection of goals; China's "Position Paper of the People's Republic of China On the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations" lists China's goals as world peace, nuclear disarmament, climate action, and for people...

One of the world's leading financial institutions just announced plans to stop financing oil and gas projects. Today at the One Planet Summit, the World Bank officially announced that it will quit financing upstream oil and...

Is it too late for us to avert disastrous impacts of global warming? Maybe not, thanks to megatrends changing the way humans live on a global scale. The Guardian's environment editor Damian Carrington laid out trends that...

COP21 ultimately led to the groundbreaking 2015 Paris Agreement. Now, two years later, world leaders are meeting in Bonn, Germany to talk climate action at COP23, and how they can speed up implementation of the landmark deal's...

The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) just announced their biggest portfolio of environmental grants ever given. LDF is giving $20 million to organizations working for conservation, climate solutions, and indigenous rights,...

The year 2020 could be a huge turning point for our planet. If we don't stop our carbon emissions from continuing to rise by that date, according to an April report from multiple institutions, we likely won't be able to meet...

President Donald Trump still hasn't made up his mind on whether he'll keep the United States part of the 2015 Paris agreement, even though everyone from the Vatican to ExxonMobil have called for America to stick with the...

This week President Donald Trump signed an executive order undoing climate action regulations like the Clean Power Plan and promoting a misguided - and likely unattainable - goal of making coal great again...

Two organizations backed by Hollywood star power recently announced a partnership to pursue climate action. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation will give a grant of $650,000 to R20 Regions of Climate Action (R20), started by...

America's Clean Power Plan will—if it passes—slash carbon emissions, reduce coal power's hold on the energy sector and boost renewable energy development.

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Picture Can ice cream save the world? It's no surprise that to Vermont ice cream makers Ben & Jerry's, the answer is a resounding "yes". Their new flavour, Save Our Swirled is sending out an SOS to Ben & Jerry's fans...

The three-ton marionette was created by Christopher Kelly and will be operated by  a team of over 15 puppeteers from the inside. 30 volunteers will help to haul the bear through London on a route that will wind past the...

If you’re bummed that you missed yesterday’s National Call-In Day on Clean Energy & Climate Legislation, there’s still time to let your voice be heard...

The climate talks continue to heat up as protesters attempted to gate crash the conference this morning in Copenhagen. The Danish police used less than friendly tactics to keep the activists away — tear gas and batons...