Insights

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.”  This sentiment, articulated by British chemist Sir Robert Watson, was a dominant message out of the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7). UNEA, which took place from December 8 to 12, in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme

As climate negotiations were underway at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) in Brazil last month, the lack of U.S. climate leadership was glaring. That was not only true there, but also at home.  Just before the commencement of COP30, New York State gave the green light for the first new gas pipeline in at least a decade. The Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline imperils sensitive marine ecosystems and is

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 GES took shape through six Regional Dialogues and countless grassroots dialogues (Self-Organized Dialogues). At COP30, the insights and messages that emerged in the GES process were represented by global and community leaders, Indigenous peoples and advocates, faith communities, youth and