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Climate crisis? What climate crisis? US blocked consensus on climate action at G20.

June 2019 brought world leaders together at two major meetings: the Bonn Climate Change Conference and the G20 Osaka Summit. Neither meeting made much progress on the major issues still being debated. Once again, the US stance was particularly problematic.

Climate crisis? What climate crisis? US blocked consensus on climate action at G20.
A shadowy face of Michael Jackson

How do you show a Michael Jackson exhibit after the ‘Neverland’ doc? Curate a new conversation.

How do you show a Michael Jackson exhibit after the ‘Neverland’ doc? Curate a new conversation.
Members of environmental groups hold up banners calling for renewable energy at the United Nations climate talks that took place in Bonn, Germany in 2015. Bonn was the site of the last United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2017, in which co

As latest UN climate change summit looms, delegates have plenty of work to do

As latest UN climate change summit looms, delegates have plenty of work to do
Al Gore poses for selfies with fans

UN climate talks wrap with 'modest' progress and a subdued American presence

UN climate talks wrap with 'modest' progress and a subdued American presence
A man walks over a projection on the floor reading "America's pledge #wearestillin"

There's a deep divide over Trump climate policy on display at UN talks

There's a deep divide over Trump climate policy on display at UN talks
Protesters interrupt a U.S. government pro-coal event during this year's UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany.

At this year's climate summit, some Americans declare, 'We're still in' the Paris Agreement

The government-sponsored US delegation to climate talks in Bonn, Germany, aren't the only ones from the US there.

At this year's climate summit, some Americans declare, 'We're still in' the Paris Agreement
Fiji's Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama recently led a rally in support of this year's UN climate summit in Germany, at which Fiji will be presiding.

Fijians speak from the front lines of climate change

This year's global climate summit is taking place in Germany, but it's being led by the Pacific island nation of Fiji. Here's what half a dozen Fijians think about hosting the conference and life in the cross-hairs of climate change.

Fijians speak from the front lines of climate change
Presidents Trump and Xi and their wives in China

Is China really stepping up as the world’s new climate leader?

Climate change isn’t expected to feature during President Donald Trump’s trip to China. But his meeting with President Xi Jinping does hold symbolic significance as a summit of old and new leadership on climate change.

Is China really stepping up as the world’s new climate leader?
Coal power plant

World leaders announce goal of fossil fuel freedom by 2100 at UN Climate Change conference

Big changes came at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. G7 leaders, including those from historically reluctant Japan and Canada, have agreed to call for a full decarbonization of the world's economy by 2100.

World leaders announce goal of fossil fuel freedom by 2100 at UN Climate Change conference

UN Leader Optimistic About Global Climate Deal

Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Secretariat stopped by the Living on Earth studios on her way from the University of Massachusetts Boston to the next phase of international climate negotiations that began in Bonn, Germany on April 29. The Bonn session is one of many leading up to a final meeting in Paris, France in 2015 when nations have pledged to come together on a binding deal to expand the Kyoto Protocol to include all major emitters of global warming gases.

UN Leader Optimistic About Global Climate Deal

Meeting in Bonn, Germany on the Future of Afghanistan

Meeting in Bonn, Germany on the Future of Afghanistan

Dim Hopes for Afghanistan at Bonn Meeting

Dim Hopes for Afghanistan at Bonn Meeting

Top of the Hour: Bonn II Conference on Afghanistan's Future, Morning Headlines

Top of the Hour: Bonn II Conference on Afghanistan's Future, Morning Headlines

U.N.Climate Talks Underway in Bonn, Germany

Climate delegates are meeting in Bonn to lay the groundwork for negotiations in South Africa later this year.

U.N.Climate Talks Underway in Bonn, Germany
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UN climate talks resume in Bonn

One of the big questions at the climate summit beginning today in Bonn, Germany: how should rich economies help poor countries deal with climate change? Marc Levinson, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations joins The Takeaway.

UN climate talks resume in Bonn