CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Alice C. Hill is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations.

China's President Xi Jinping speaks remotely during the "Climate Summit 2025" on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 24. Credit: Charly Triballeau/AFP via ...

The world struck a new climate deal at the COP30 summit in Brazil Saturday, which calls for a tripling of funding to help countries adapt to increasingly severe climate impacts. But countries failed ...

Many business leaders are skipping the annual United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil, or are attending events in other cities. By Ivan Penn and David Gelles Ivan Penn reported from Belém and ...

Last week, I attended the Climate and Energy Summit at Chatham House—an event that brought together policymakers, business leaders, scientists, and non-governmental organizations to talk about the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Thousands of delegates at the climate conference stayed on diesel-powered cruise ships, embodying a key ...

Nonstate actors have adopted the “Cotonou Declaration” at the Climate Chance Africa 2025 summit. The summit featured renewable energy commitments as well as a road map for integrating adaptation as a ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sits in the plenary hall before the opening of the High-Level Leaders Summit at the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa, on Sept. 8, 2025. Ethiopian ...

China announces plans for first-ever emissions cuts, targeting 7-10% by 2035 Xi rebukes climate retreat by "some countries" in veiled reference to United States New country pledges still fall short ...