What is UNEA? “If we don’t transform our economic and finance systems, we can’t transform our environmental and food systems. We need the whole of society and government working together.”
Editor’s Note, 1/20/26: Since publication of this piece, there have been significant developments regarding Empire Wind and other major offshore wind projects in the U.S. Empire Wind is referenced below
The Global Ethical Stocktake seeks to move ethical discernment into the heart of climate policymaking. Conceived in the lead-up to the United Nations climate conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, the
“The moral compass and the ethical will for change remain elusive—yet on the horizon, because people realize something is missing. We have to deepen the moral force. The spiritual, the
CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore—along with CEE’s Samira Siddique, Clara Chavez-Ives and Rosie Semlyen—are heading to the UN Climate Conference, COP30, in Belém, Brazil. The Center’s delegation will amplify voices and ideas
“Our survival depends on a spiritual transformation, as much as a technical revolution.” SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Potawatomi writer and scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer gave this advice during the
As the global environmental crisis intensifies, new environmental law paradigms are gaining momentum, offering stronger tools to protect the natural world as well as ensure justice and accountability. Among these
I recently traveled to Brazil to take part in a number of events and meetings related to the project I am working on: the Global Ethical Stocktake (GES). One thing I noticed
CEE Founder and Executive Director Karenna Gore recently sat down with Daniela Chiaretti of Valor Econômico, a major Brazilian publication, for an interview exploring the ethical dimensions of the climate
On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a groundbreaking advisory opinion on climate change. For the first time, the United Nations’ top court unanimously affirmed that