
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for universal energy access by 2030.
“Nobody faced what we have faced here in Haiti.”

Ecuador will choose rainforest preservation over oil exploitation, if the rest of the world can contribute enough money to make it worthwhile.
Can young business leaders shake up the world's biggest international organization?

As global temperatures rise, farmers that now grow potatoes will struggle to produce them, unless scientists start "climate-proofing" crops now.

Many Americans don't care about the U.N. vote on Palestinian statehood. But we should: $3 billion of our tax money goes to Israel each year.

As world leaders gather for the U.N. General Assembly, this infographic calls out countries that aren't doing their part to fight famine in Africa.

Bigots are a dying breed: The United Nations has come out for gay rights for the fist time in its nearly 70-year history.

The UN has put Internet access on its list of basic human rights. How will this symbolic act translate to policy?

An update from a friend and ally of GOOD from 350.org at the U.N. climate talks in Bangkok.

Why Muslims retaliating against a Christian pastor says nothing about either Islam or Christianity.

What will it take to persuade Westerners to dial back our burger addiction in favor of bug farming? This new video animates our dilemma.

Libya's mission to the United Nations changed out its flag today. It now publicly supports the opposition forces.

This goofy two-minute video by some British kids does a better job explaining the overall arc of the Cancun climate talks than most mainstream media.

Get a look at the inner workings of U.N. climate negotiations from somewhat who sat through all the boring meetings, and the frantic final ones too.

A new independent global network just launched in Cancun will help track countries' progress on climate change pledges.

A view inside the Cancun climate talks from America's "negotiations tracker."