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
From August 5–15, 2025, government delegates, scientists and civil society representatives reconvened in Geneva to resume the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), tasked with developing the world’s
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
The communities most affected by environmental injustices have long recognized what academic institutions are only now beginning to acknowledge: the most pressing ecological challenges cannot be solved solely through the
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
On Friday, June 13, nearly a hundred people arrived at the Ashokan Center near Kingston, New York, for a training hosted by the Center for Earth Ethics. Called “Spirit of
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
This summer, the future of the deep ocean took center stage. In June, global leaders, scientists and civil society convened at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, and at
“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
We are living through a moment of intersecting crises: climate change, ecological collapse, geopolitical turmoil and a growing sense of disconnection from nature. In 2024, global temperatures rose to about