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Yesterday β€” 3 December 2024NYT > Climate and Environment

What Can the World’s Top Court Do About Climate Change?

2 December 2024 at 05:02
The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest judicial body, is beginning landmark hearings on global warming. Here’s a guide.

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Mexico’s Valle de Bravo reservoir this year. The court has been asked what obligations governments have to protect the world’s climate system.

Saudi Arabia Leads Pushback Against Global Plastic Treaty

30 November 2024 at 16:34
Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution.

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An oil processing plant in Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter.

Patagonia C.E.O.: Corporate Responsibility Still Matters

3 December 2024 at 10:00
Companies continue to invest in sustainability, though many are no longer broadcasting it.

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Protesters near the United Nations’ COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, demand greater accountability from corporations and call out β€œgreenwashing” in 2021. Some companies have stopped advertising their efforts to fight climate change while still carrying them out.

G.M. Will Sell Stake in EV Battery Plant to LG

2 December 2024 at 16:37
LG Energy Solution will now solely own a factory in Michigan that it had planned to operate through a joint venture with General Motors.

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General Motors said Monday that it would get back the $1 billion it had invested in the battery plant. LG Energy Solution will complete the construction.

An Arctic Hamlet Is Sinking Into the Thawing Permafrost

3 December 2024 at 14:00
Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when.

Β© Renaud Philippe for The New York Times

Nations Fail to Reach an Agreement on Plastic Pollution

1 December 2024 at 12:30
Talks on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution will continue in coming months, delegates said.

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The world produces nearly a half-billion tons of plastic each year, more than twice the amount produced two decades ago.
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