CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Alice C. Hill is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Thousands of delegates at the climate conference stayed on diesel-powered cruise ships, embodying a key ...

As the highest-ranking U.S. official at the United Nations’s annual climate summit, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) used the spotlight to tout California as a leader in curbing climate change and bash the ...

NEW YORK, New York, September 25, 2025 (ENS) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is hosting a climate ambition summit at the UN’s New York headquarters this week. The high-level week of the UN ...

A raging fire tore through the grounds of the UN climate summit COP30 in Brazil on Thursday, stalling talks as a full-scale evacuation was ordered, officials said. Thirteen people were treated for ...

Many business leaders are skipping the annual United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil, or are attending events in other cities. By Ivan Penn and David Gelles Ivan Penn reported from Belém and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Former Vice President Al Gore will give the keynote speech at SF Climate Week’s welcome ceremony on April 21. In addition to his political career, Gore is known for raising ...

Delegates queue to enter the plenary hall for the opening of the High-Level Leaders Summit at the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa, on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP) ...

Ten years after the Paris agreement was adopted, world leaders left the United Nations COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, with an outcome that kept the process alive but does little to stave off ...

The Hollywood Climate Summit’s sixth annual edition connecting environmental experts with leaders across media and entertainment is set for June 2-4 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ ...