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20 Countries United in Vulnerability to Climate Change Form Action Group
“We see it as actually a very welcome development, a very active engagement of ministers of finance,” executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),...
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Hollande, Activists Gear Up for Critical Climate Talks
PARIS—French President Francois Hollande met with environmental groups Saturday, pushing for an ambitious global deal to reduce man-made emissions blamed for global warming—with emphasis on helping...
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A Glossary for UN Climate Talks
PARIS—It sounds like English. Yet to the untrained ear the language used in the U.N. climate talks is about as comprehensible as Klingon. Sometimes you wonder whether the negotiators are trying on...
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Climate Change Talks Start in Paris
PARIS—The latest from the much-anticipated U.N. climate conference that gets underway in Paris on Monday (all times local): 7:30 p.m. France’s interior minister says that 208 people were detained after...
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Worldwide Climate Rallies Draw Hundreds of Thousands
PARIS—Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in rallies around the world on Sunday, calling on leaders to halt climate change on the eve of a major conference in Paris. The nearly two-week...
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Obama: Climate Pact an ‘Act of Defiance’ After Paris Attacks
LE BOURGET, France—Pushing for a powerful climate deal, President Barack Obama called the global talks opening Monday outside Paris an “act of defiance” against terrorism that proves the world stands...
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World Leaders Gather to Try to Save Earth From Overheating
LE BOURGET, France—With dramatic vows to save future generations from an overheated planet, the largest gathering ever of world leaders began two weeks of talks on Nov. 30, aimed at producing the most...
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Paris Climate Conference Is a Bad Deal for America
At the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, or COP21, President Obama plans to sign another bad deal for America. The United States will pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent to 28 percent by...
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Obama Says Parts of Climate Deal Must Be Legally Binding
LE BOURGET, France—President Barack Obama said Tuesday that parts of the global warming deal being negotiated in Paris should be legally binding on the countries that sign on, setting up a potential...
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Worldwide Conflicts Threaten to Overshadow Paris Climate Summit
PARIS—A U.N.-sponsored climate change summit opened Monday, Nov. 30, amid gathering clouds of global conflict that threaten to overshadow the negotiations. More than 150 heads of state, including...
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Nearly 200 Nations Pledge to Slow Global Warming
LE BOURGET, France—Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but...
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Regional Spats, ‘Climate Justice’ Hijack Paris Talks on Global Warming
PARIS—Competing national interests and even personal rivalries have cast a cloud over the international summit on climate change meeting here, and the issue of “climate justice” has proven to be a...
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Historic Pact to Slow Global Warming Is Celebrated in Paris
LE BOURGET, France—Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but...
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Now Comes the Tough Part: The World’s Carbon Diet Starts
PARIS—The world is about to go on a carbon diet. It won’t be easy—or cheap. Nearly 200 nations across the world on Saturday approved a first-of-its-kind universal agreement to wean Earth off fossil...
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