Enlarge / Coal plants at the end of the line? (credit: Ryan Pyle / Getty Images) Chinese President Xi Jinping used his speech to the United Nations General Assembly to announce a major new step towards controlling global emissions. After reiterating his own country’s climate pledges, Xi said that China would start making it easier […]
Enlarge / How much is preserving something like this worth? (credit: Karen Chan 16, Miguel.v, and Jorge Morales Piderit) Is there a way to put a dollar amount on pristine forests or marshlands? The United Nations believes so—and that the ability to do it might be a valuable step toward combating the slew of environmental […]
Expand / Russian President Vladimir Putin speech the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, through teleconference telephone, at Moscow on September 22, 2020. (charge: Getty | MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV) Some United Nations employees are probably cleaning up in their Russian–especially the way to say”Thank you, but no thanks” from the best way possible. On […]