A common—and justified—complaint about COP (the annual United Nations Climate Conference) is that decisions take too long and are too incremental. Established by the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate
The Center for Earth Ethics’ Clara Chavez-Ives, Rosie Semlyen, Samira Siddique and Tory Field will be on the ground in Santa Marta, Colombia, this week for the First Conference on
New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of the State and Executive Budget raise concerns over green development. Background New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s annual State of the State address on
On Monday, December 1, 2025, Center for Earth Ethics Executive Director Karenna Gore joined “Reflections from Belém: Columbia at COP30” for a conversation discussing takeaways from COP30. The panel, moderated
Updated July 25, 2025 The Center for Earth Ethics is honored to announce that Executive Director Karenna Gore will serve as the regional co-leader for the North America Dialogue of
On Tuesday, June 24, the Summit of NGO Committees organized by the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) was held at the Church Center for the United
“The environment knows no borders. Environmental costs are very much interconnected with the humanitarian situation. It’s a cycle that becomes quite difficult to break,” reflected Elaine Donderer during a webinar