American officials are drafting a diplomatic cable that warns dozens of countries against adopting a climate fee on the shipping industry.

President Donald Trump has formally removed the U.S. from the historic agreement that aims to limit global warming.

President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the world’s overarching treaty on climate change in a move that escalates his attempts to reverse years of global negotiations toward addressing rising temperatures.

Nearly two weeks of talks in the Amazon ended with commitments to do more, but no firm movement on the most divisive issues — including turning away from fossil fuels.

The move at COP30 comes as global climate pollution continues to rise, increasing damage in poorer countries.

World leaders have vowed to fight rising temperatures for years. Many of those pledges fade when the summits end.

Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy.

Clean energy is the "trend of our time," Chinese President Xi Jinping said while announcing modest targets for trimming the economic superpower's carbon pollution.

The president has yet to announce his plans for the 1992 Senate-ratified treaty that underlies the world’s efforts to counter global warming.

The bank’s messaging on climate represents a delicate balancing act between the institution and the U.S., its largest shareholder.

The administration has canceled climate-related contracts and grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development amounting to $1.2 billion, according to an analysis by POLITICO’s E&E News.

Dozens of countries rallied around phasing out fossil fuel financing during global climate negotiations seven months ago. Yesterday, those efforts were weakened by the world’s most powerful economies. The shift illustrates how the fear of losing access to energy imports — due to Russia’s war against Ukraine — is testing the commitment of countries that have been among the most vocal advocates of curbing climate change.

India has experienced a series of unusually early and prolonged heat waves this year. To cool off, the country has leaned on the fuel most responsible for the blazing temperatures. Coal generation is surging to meet the demands of cooling systems like fans and some air conditioning, prompting a scramble by the Indian government to reopen mines and secure tons of coal imports. But the carbon-intense fuel also contributes to the initial problem.

Europe’s plan to slash Russian fossil fuel imports and accelerate renewable energy production will test its ability to find the minerals, metals and other components that are needed for a dramatic shift to clean power. The plan, outlined by the European Commission yesterday, would speed the continent toward a historic transition to wind and solar energy, while diversifying its sources of natural gas and expanding energy efficiency. But it could come at a high cost. The rapid switch to renewab

For much of last year, climate envoy John Kerry had one number on his mind: 1.5 degrees Celsius. That’s the amount of warming scientists say the world must not surpass if it hopes to prevent dangerous and irreversible climate impacts. But as new realities set in and hoped-for ambition fails to materialize in the U.S. and abroad, Kerry is scaling back.

The world’s food system was under strain even before Russia invaded Ukraine. Now — compounded by the war’s effect on trade and a corresponding spike in global fuel prices — it faces two dangerous and intertwined crises. In the short term, Russia’s war on Ukraine increases the risk of extreme hunger for millions more people. The danger is particularly acute for low-income countries that depend on food imports.

The pastoral village of Lützerath in western Germany will be bulldozed to make way for a coal mine, even as the country accelerates its plans to quit the world’s dirtiest source of energy. The impending demolition is raising questions about an anachronistic German law that prioritizes extractive industries over climate change mitigation, exposing the challenge a country built on coal will face as it transitions away from fossil fuels. “We still have an outdated mining law that says that lignit

Germany is under growing pressure to sever its ties to Russian gas and oil as more evidence of possible war crimes by Russian forces emerges from Ukraine. But Europe’s largest economy has resisted a complete and immediate end to Russian energy largely for one reason: It undergirds much of Germany’s industrial sector.

Ahead of global climate talks last year, President Biden said the United States would dramatically increase its international investments in combating climate change. But the money Congress approved last week as part of its $1.5 trillion spending package falls far short of Biden’s vision. The setback will make it even harder for his administration to meet its pledge to boost climate finance and maintain its credibility as a climate leader in the eyes of the world, activists say.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has offered coal a European lifeline. Such a prospect would have seemed impossible only a few weeks ago. Before war broke out, European nations were rolling out increasingly ambitious plans to phase out the carbon-intensive fuel even as gas prices rose, power plants were going offline and some countries were exiting coal completely. But Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine has upended European energy markets, exposing the continent’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels and prompting a scramble for alternatives. Coal is one of the few short-term options available to parts of Europe, including its biggest economy, Germany.