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Topic: United Nations (page 2)

Sun beams shinning underwater on the tropical coral reef (Getty Images/Tunatura)

Historic UN treaty would protect oceans

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Amazon rainforest, Brazil (Getty Images)

An international deal to protect nature

Blanca Begert - Grist
Boats in the sea in Busan, South Korea (Getty Images / Panwasin Seemala / EyeEm)

Can floating cities save us?

Natalie Jonas
Participants talk to each other during a break in the closing ceremony at the UN Climate Summit COP27. (Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images)

COP27 suggests we'll exceed 1.5 degrees

Peter Schlosser - The Conversation
Participants in a demonstration at the UN Climate Summit COP27, including Luisa Neubauer (3rd from right), climate activist with the Fridays for Future movement, hold placards and advocate for the 1.5 degree Celsius global temperature rise target. (Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images)

COP27 is over. What did it achieve?

Blanca Begert, Emily Pontecorvo, Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
Participants talk to each other during a break in the closing ceremony at the UN Climate Summit COP27. (Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The climate reparations battle at COP27

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
Egyptian volunteers arrange sacks with plastic waste to build the world's largest plastic pyramid on September 17, 2022 in Giza, Egypt. (Fadel Dawod/Getty Images)

The plastic waste pyramid controversy

Joseph Winters - Grist
The UNFCCC COP27 climate conference on November 06, 2022, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

A climate reparations insurance scheme

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
Plastic pollution in the ocean (Getty Images)

Corporations have co-opted climate talks

Kate Yoder - Grist
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) greets US President Joe Biden (R) during the US - Russia Summit 2021 on June 16, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

Time to give peace a chance in Ukraine

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters | Protest sign (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Indigenous groups pressure UN on climate

Joseph Lee - Grist
The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)

Extreme heat mainly impacts urban poor

Brett Marsh - Grist
A United Airlines passenger jet prepares to land at Reagan National Airport on February 5, 2020 in Washington, DC (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

UN countries' goal: net-zero aviation

Jake Bittle - Grist
Congolese Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso addresses the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on Sept. 26, 2022. (YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)

Global South: End war in Ukraine

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Working oil pumps against a sunset sky (Getty Images/imaginima)

UN head calls for taxing Big Oil profits

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
Solar panels and wind turbines (Getty Images/zf L)

Clean energy: We can't miss this moment

Carl Pope
A destroyed tank likely belonging to Russia / pro-Russian forces lies amidst rubble in the north of the ruined city. The battle between Russian / Pro Russian forces and the defencing Ukrainian forces lead by Azov battalion continues in the port city of Mariupol. (Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

What really caused the war in Ukraine?

Jane Shevtsov
Large recycled plastic fish sculpture in Helsingor situated infront of the Kronborg Castle in Helsingor in Denmark (Getty Images/James D. Morgan)

UN recognizes plastic pollution crisis

Eric Schank
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Kyiv, Ukraine on 28 April 2022. (Ukrainian Presidency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Peace in Ukraine: How U.S. can help

Nicolas J.S. Davies
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Getty Images)

Why the UN climate report gives me hope

Sarah Burch - Undark
Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi and Wendell Willkie (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A Republican who wanted world government

Matthew Rozsa
Firefighters and volunteers try to contain the flames destroying forests and wildlife in Corrientes, Argentina on February 19, 2022. (Joaquin Meabe/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

UN report warns of dire future for Earth

Eric Schank
Cal firefighter Travis Moore lights a backfire along highway 50 as the Caldor Fire burns near Lake Tahoe, CA on Tuesday August 31, 2021. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Climate change spurs 50% more wildfires

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Climate activists from 'Fridays for Future' take part in a protest against the G20 of World Leaders Summit on October 30, 2021 between the Pyramid of Cestius and Circo Massimo in Rome. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Can "street heat" save us from disaster?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
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