As the Canadian government considers fast-tracking Wind West Atlantic Energy, Nova Scotia residents hope for economic transformation, while some worry about impacts to seafood industry and marine ecosystems.
More than a decade after New York City promised to reduce flood dangers in Edgemere, residents say the working-class coastal neighborhood remains exposed as major resiliency projects stall and shoreline protections are redirected elsewhere.
Brazil announced the creation of 10 new Indigenous territories during a protest-filled COP30, expanding protected lands in a move Indigenous leaders say is vital for safeguarding biodiversity and combating climate change.
At COP30 in Belém, climate delegates slept aboard diesel-powered cruise ships and traveled roads carved through newly deforested land, contradictions that unsettled many, including California’s contingent.
Hurricane Melissa ravaged rural Jamaica; campaigners at COP30 say the disaster exposes how communities shaped by slavery and colonial extraction now bear the brunt of climate impacts.
