Climate change policy

Brazil dam

Climate change talks now have human rights on the agenda

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For years, national leaders have failed to create sustainable climate change solutions, and poorer nations and communities have borne the brunt of inaction. Now human rights issues are getting much more attention.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, climate change envoy of the United Arab Emirates, hold up signs that read, "I'm for Climate Action", in English and Arabic, at a joint press conference in Abu Dhabi.

There was no big agreement, but plenty of progress at the UN Climate Summit

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People's Climate March in New York City

With climate marches across the globe, the US walks gingerly toward a climate summit in Paris

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