As Earth Day 2026 rallies communities to speed the shift from fossil fuels, COP31 president Murat Kurum urges collective global effort for renewable energy systems to accelerate during the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin.
New research finds that most countries are trending in the wrong direction when it comes to meeting the UN’s 2030 global pesticide risk reduction target, with the goal unlikely to be met without substantial changes to agricultural systems worldwide.