At COP24, Will Climate Action Include Basic Protections for Human Rights?
In the final hours of COP24, human rights activists lament that nations still consider human rights a bargaining chip in climate negotiations.
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Pacific Standard takes you inside COP24, the U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland.
At COP24, Poland Unveils a Declaration to Protect Its Forests
Environmentalists are concerned that Poland's declaration could be used as an excuse to continue burning coal.
COP24: New U.N. Guidelines Will Help People Displaced by Climate Change
The agreement marks a rare moment of unity on an increasingly fraught topic.
How Oil Companies Are Still Undermining the Paris Agreement
Climate advocates respond to a Shell executive's claim that the oil giant influenced the text of the Paris Agreement.
In Katowice, Protesters Disrupt a U.S. Event Promoting Fossil Fuels
For the second year in a row, climate advocates disrupted the U.S. government's attempts to promote coal and other fossil fuels at the United Nations climate conference.
Over a Dozen Climate Activists Denied Entry to Poland Amid Crackdown
Civil society says the Polish government is violating human rights and undermining the global climate negotiations by denying entry or deporting climate advocates.
How to Feed the World Without Breaking the Paris Agreement
The world's population is expected to balloon to nearly 10 billion by midcentury.
The World Bank Makes History on Climate Finance, and Other Highlights From Week One at COP24
Highlights from the first week of the 2018 United Nations climate summit in Poland.
At COP24, the Shipping Giant Maersk Is Leading the Way to Zero Emissions
Left out of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the shipping industry is finally joining the rest of the world on the path to decarbonization.
‘The Virus Is Spreading’: A Conversation With Harjeet Singh at COP24
A veteran climate finance expert explains the funding questions that could make or break the Paris rulebook.