WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration has canceled a massive solar energy project in Nevada that was expected to power nearly two million homes, a move that underscores the White House’s escalating campaign to slow the expansion of renewable energy across the United States. The project, known as Esmeralda 7, was
A New Reality in the Pacific In the low-lying islands of the Pacific, the ocean has become both a giver of life and a harbinger of exile. Rising tides now lap at homes that once stood firm for generations. Families from places like Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Tokelau speak of nights
The Sahel stretches across the spine of Africa like a fragile thread, a vast semi-arid belt where the desert meets the savannah and where, today, the future of millions hangs in the balance. The UN warned on Friday that nearly four million people have been uprooted across the region, forced
WASHINGTON — Fault lines in global climate finance deepened this week when the United States stood apart from nearly every other major shareholder, refusing to sign a World Bank joint statement calling for a stronger climate mandate. The statement, backed by 19 of the Bank’s 25 executive directors, urged that
PARIS — In a decision that blends symbolism with strategic urgency, the executive board of UNESCO has nominated Egyptian Egyptologist and former minister Khaled el-Enany to serve as its next Director-General. If confirmed by the organization’s full membership next month, he will become the first Arab leader to helm the
Why Pope Leo XIV speaks differently after a UNGA that echoed old divides When the world’s leaders assembled at the UN General Assembly last week, the climate debate again exposed the fracture lines in global solidarity. Familiar posturing, evasions, and outright denialism overshadowed the urgent need for decisive action. In
New York, NY — It could have been the setup to a late-night comedy routine. Instead, it was the opening act of President Donald Trump’s return to the United Nations General Assembly. In a week of carefully choreographed diplomacy, it was not a fiery speech or a surprise announcement that
It was a tale of two cities within one. Last week in New York, the United Nations General Assembly convened presidents, prime ministers, and ministers from 193 nations against the backdrop of war in Gaza and Ukraine. Just blocks away, New York Climate Week gathered an entirely different crowd: business
Europe’s environment is under mounting pressure. Despite progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality, the European Environment Agency (EEA) warns in its newly released Europe’s Environment 2025 report that the continent’s natural systems are degrading at an alarming pace. Biodiversity is in decline, ecosystems are overstressed, and
By rejecting the Sustainable Development Goals, the U.S. president may have fractured the postwar consensus and set the stage for new global leadership. UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, New York, September 23, 2025 President Donald Trump strode into the United Nations General Assembly today and delivered the kind of speech that will
