Loss and Damage

Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images

October 26, 2026

COP31 in Türkiye: Can Climate Talks Deliver Amid Worsening Disasters, Rising Fossil Fuel Energy Costs and Global Conflicts?

Rachel Cleetus
Program Director, Climate

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April 23, 2026

Building a Global Roadmap to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

L. Delta Merner
Associate Director, Fossil Fuel Accountability Campaign

Wagner Meier/Getty Images

November 7, 2025

Recognizing and Resisting Obstruction at COP30

L. Delta Merner
Associate Director, Fossil Fuel Accountability Campaign

NOAA/GOES

October 22, 2025

The Caribbean Needs US Climate, Humanitarian Response, Not Military Aggression

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images

July 24, 2025

Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

L. Delta Merner
Associate Director, Fossil Fuel Accountability Campaign

Anthony Kwan/Getty Images

June 4, 2025

Court Affirms Legal Responsibility of Polluters in Climate Case

L. Delta Merner
Associate Director, Fossil Fuel Accountability Campaign

Glenn Hunt/Getty Images

May 15, 2025

Ask an Expert: How Strong is the Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud?

Guest Commentary

Sean Gallup/Getty Images

March 18, 2025

The Infuriating Story Told by the Corporate and National Carbon Emissions Data

Carly Phillips
Senior Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

A woman holds up a sign reading "no human is illegal" at a 2017 protest in Miami.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images

January 17, 2025

Mass Deportation Is an Inhumane Policy and Bad for the United States

Rachel Cleetus
Program Director, Climate

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January 14, 2025

Ask A Scientist: How Can Scientists Drive Change Through Climate Lawsuits?

Guest Commentary

Frank van Beek/Courtesy of the ICJ

December 16, 2024

Looking Ahead to Climate Litigation in 2025: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

L. Delta Merner
Associate Director, Fossil Fuel Accountability Campaign

Kathy Mulvey / UCS USA

November 18, 2024

Five Ways the Fossil Fuel Industry Tries to Co-opt UN Climate COPs

Kathy Mulvey
Program Director, Fossil Fuel Accountability

Rachel Cleetus/UCS

November 18, 2024

COP29 in Critical Phase as Nations Seek Agreement on Climate Finance Goal

Rachel Cleetus
Program Director, Climate

Kiara Worth/UN Climate Change

October 31, 2024

Will UN Climate Talks in Azerbaijan Deliver on Finance and Emission Reductions?

Rachel Cleetus
Program Director, Climate

Carly Phillips (left) testifying before the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights in April, 2024.

Upasana Khatri

April 25, 2024

A Call for Climate Justice at the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights

L. Delta Merner
Associate Director, Fossil Fuel Accountability Campaign

Mario Tama/Getty Images

April 17, 2024

Fossil Fuel Companies Make Billions in Profit as We Suffer Billions in Losses: 2024 Edition

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

Adam Markham

January 3, 2024

COP28 Took Steps Toward Safeguarding Cultural Heritage from Climate Change

Adam Markham
Former Staff

Sanjali De Silva/UCS

December 22, 2023

What Did the UN Climate Talks at COP28 Achieve and What’s Next?

Rachel Cleetus
Program Director, Climate

Rachel Cleetus/UCS

December 1, 2023

Loss and Damage Fund Launched at COP28 with Paltry Pledge from US

Rachel Cleetus
Program Director, Climate

The sun sets over Dubai Creek in Dubai, UAE, location of this year's UN climate convening

Hongbin/Unsplash

November 30, 2023

Focusing on Science, Justice, and Systemic Solutions at COP28

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

Wild rice harvest on Mud Lake, Minnesota

US Army Corp of Engineers

November 27, 2023

Cultural Heritage is a Human Right. Climate Change is Fast Eroding It.

Adam Markham
Former Staff

Official White House Photo/ Adam Schultz

November 20, 2023

Taking Stock Ahead of UN Climate Conference: Five Things to Watch for at COP28 in Dubai

Rachel Cleetus
Program Director, Climate

Haitian citizens walk through the flooded streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after Hurricane Tomas hit the country.

US Marines/Flickr

November 3, 2023

As Loss and Damage Negotiations Come to a Halt, Countries Cling to Hope

UCS Science Network

UN News/Laura Quiñones

November 1, 2023

US Must Change Its Posture for 5th Transitional Committee Meeting on Loss and Damage to be Successful

Rachel Cleetus
Program Director, Climate