Climate Change

Petrostates could be on a streak for hosting international climate talks. Oil-rich Azerbaijan got a surprise boost Thursday in its bid to hold next year’s COP29 when Armenia, a country…

Climate advocates are warning the COP28 climate summit could be on the cusp of failure after a new draft of the core agreement removed a call to phase out fossil fuels, the main…

Azerbaijan is tipped to host next year’s UN climate summit, after striking a late deal with longtime adversary Armenia over its bid. Diplomatic sources told Reuters the Azeri bid looked set to win support from other…

Iraj Heshmati, the deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment, and Charygeldi Babanyyazov, the Minister of Environment of Turkmenistan, held a meeting via video conferencing on Tuesday, August 15. They discussed…

Climate change is the largest, most pervasive threat to the natural environment and societies that we’ve ever experienced. And the poorest countries are paying the highest price. Ian Fry, UN…

In 2002, the village of Dasht, located in the Pamirs of Tajikistan was completely destroyed by a glacial lake outburst flood, leaving dozens of residents of the village dead and…