Media Briefing: UNGA and Climate Week 2026
The 2026 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and New York Climate Week come at a moment of devastating climate impacts and profound geopolitical instability.
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The 2026 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and New York Climate Week come at a moment of devastating climate impacts and profound geopolitical instability.
This roadmap marks a crucial international signal to all country leaders that at a time of skyrocketing fossil fuel prices and geopolitical conflict, getting out of fossil fuels is the fastest and most secure way to achieve economic, energy and climate security, and resilience.
Ed Miliband has promised accountability for what happened in Gaza. That accountability must extend to the corporations that fuel Israel’s genocide.
The investigation follows allegations of pollution, safety failures, and health harms at the U.S. LNG export terminal.
New research gives updates on crude oil shipments that fuel Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Trump drove up gas prices by launching a devastating war with Iran. Now he is using the energy crisis he created as cover for a resource grab of Venezuela’s oil.
Catastrophic flooding has killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet, with many more still missing. Entire villages have been destroyed, homes and infrastructure have been swept away, and communities are cut off as rescue and relief operations continue. The fossil-fueled climate crisis is heating our planet, melting glaciers, and destabilizing entire regions and the communities that depend on them. People who have contributed least to global emissions are being forced to bear its deadliest consequences.
The German Government is set to further distance itself from international norms and jeopardize energy security and affordability, releasing a draft policy today for Euler Hermes, the German export credit agency, which would allow the agency to eliminate 40% of the climate assessments it carries out when approving finance for international projects.
Oil Change International warns against weakening of Germany’s export finance rules which would deepen Germany's breach of commitments to end fossil fuel finance.
Our new research shows that the Trump administration, the fossil fuel industry, and Big Tech are creating a perfect storm for rising energy prices.