GLASGOW, Scotland -- Nearly 200 countries adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact in Scotland on Saturday at talks known as COP26, after nearly two weeks of wrangling on everything from how much to limit ...

Simone Cipriani, chairman of the United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion, remembers being asked what consumers will say about sustainability in 2030. “My reply was, ‘They will say, why did we ...

The UN chief Antonio Guterres said the announcements in Glasgow are "encouraging, but they are far from enough".

Some 20,000 people from 196 countries — including world leaders, scientists and activists — will soon converge in Glasgow, UK, for the most anticipated United Nations climate summit in years. Climate ...

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GLASGOW, Scotland - More than one world leader says humanity’s future, even survival, hangs in the balance when international officials meet in Scotland to try to accelerate efforts to curb climate ...

Human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways, a major UN scientific report has said. The landmark study warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and ...