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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Grant Reid, CEO of Mars Inc., who says many corporations have made inadequate promises to reach net-zero carbon emissions.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been called the Trump of the Tropics. His environmental and other policies are expected to face closer scrutiny if Joe Biden is elected the next president.

A Syracuse University Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor worries the actions taken and agreements made at the UN climate change conference come too late to avoid major consequences in the earth’s systems.

Several prominent world leaders have remained silent, even after the U.S. presidential election was called for Joe Biden. They included Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right populist.

Got that itch to travel? With many international routes still closed, Asian countries with low COVID-19 rates are offering "flights to nowhere" that start and end at the same airport.

The pope has been insistent about the importance and urgency of climate action. But a new study finds Catholic bishops in the U.S. have generally been mum or misleading about climate change.

The U.N. climate summit's landmark decision sets aggressive targets for cutting greenhouse emissions. It also promises more aid for developing countries, but many of those countries wanted more.

Many island nations have the most to lose when it comes to the climate crisis. But at the COP26 U.N. climate summit, they insist they aren't victims, they're warriors.

The U.N. secretary-general warns the main goal of limiting global warming is "on life support." But Glasgow negotiators are making modest progress in their final hours.

For some people attending the UN's COP26 conference in Scotland, climate change is not a future threat — they are seeing its impact on their homelands now.