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From The Conversation Last week, amid the cacophony of reactions to Greta Thunberg’s appearance before the United Nations Climate Action Summit, a group of self-proclaimed “prominent scientists” sent a registered letter...

The obstacles complicating a comprehensive international agreement on climate change are melting away. Last week, India announced its long-term plan to combat climate change by slowing the rate of emission increases and investing...

Mega agricultural and industrial company Cargill has announced at the UN Climate Summit that it will begin to support the New York Declaration on Forests- and stop leveling rainforests...

Actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio delivered a brief but powerful speech Tuesday morning before world leaders gathered in New York City for the United Nations Climate Summit...

Initial reports estimated 110,000 attendees, but as the day continued, the numbers grew to epic proportions. By 3:00pm estimations grew to 310,000, and at 5:00pm reports indicated that tens of thousands more had flooded the...

Initial reports are coming in that as many as 310,000 people are participating in today's NYC People's Climate March. Yup, that's three times as many as organizers were expecting. Inhabitat writers just sent through a bunch...

UPDATE: Initial reports are coming in that as many as 310,000 people are participating in today's NYC People's Climate March. Yup, that's three times as many as organizers were expecting. Inhabitat writer Laura Mordas-Schenkein...

The biggest climate march in history is finally here--and Inhabitat is on the ground reporting live on today's momentous event! Starting at 11:30AM EST, as many as 100,000 people--including UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon--are...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon just named Leonardo DiCaprio a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change. The Academy Award-nominated actor and committed environmental activist...

The buzz is building around the Largest Climate March in History, and if you care about the environment and securing a sustainable future for people on planet earth, it's time to get planning to join the biggest march since...

Two new reports have been released this week that demonstrate the consequences of inadequate action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Tuesday the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its report on current...

Photo of polar bear via Shutterstock The "Last Chance" 2015 International Climate Agreement Two years ago at Durban, South Africa, countries at COP-17 ended climate talks with a promise to create a new global pact to fight...