“Earth is not an inert set of resources,” said CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore. “Our lives depend on the health of the biosphere.” Gore made this observation at “The Earth
As governments and civil society prepare for the First International Conference on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta Colombia, the call for a fast, fair and financed
The Pacific Island State of New Zealand is known in the Indigenous Māori language as Aotearoa. This term is commonly translated as “the land of the long white cloud.” While
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
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
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