Mark Hertsgaard

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said the upcoming COP26 United Nations summit requires unflinching honesty about "the gap between what we are saying and what we are actually doing" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamar)

Greta Thunberg is 'open' to meeting Biden at UN climate summit

Covering Climate Now: In the lead-up to COP26, the Swedish activist talked about Biden’s climate plan, the media’s responsibility and what gives her hope.

Group of Seven leaders pose for a photo at the G-7 summit June 11 in Carbis Bay, England. (CNS photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool via Reuters)

Climate justice, for the first time ever, is on the G7 agenda

How the G7 leaders respond to the climate justice challenge this weekend will shape the chances of success at COP 26 in November, what United Nations Secretary General António Guterres calls "our last opportunity" to defuse the climate emergency.

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres (NCR screenshot/Covering Climate

UN secretary general: Without the US in the Paris Agreement, humanity faces climate 'suicide'

Covering Climate Now: United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said humanity's survival will be "impossible" without the United States rejoining the Paris Agreement and achieving "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050.

A second Trump term would be 'game over' for the climate, says top scientist

Michael Mann, one of the most eminent climate scientists in the world, believes averting climate catastrophe on a global scale would be “essentially impossible” if Donald Trump is re-elected.

 

Why next Monday's UN Climate Action Summit matters

Covering Climate Now: As world leaders converge on New York City for the United Nations Climate Action Summit on September 23, they enter what may be the most consequential week in climate politics since Donald Trump's surprise election as president of the United States in 2016.

 

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