paris climate summit
Surveillance, Paranoia, and Life Under a State of Emergency in France
As the Paris climate talks come to a close, activists are reflecting on how the state of emergency has infringed on their liberties.
Why Climate Is Also on the Agenda for War-Torn Nations
Iraq and Yemen have far more urgent problems to think about than climate change, right? Wrong. And they're in Paris to deal with it.
This Former UN Climate Chief Is Concerned Paris Agreement Won't Go Far Enough
As negotiators from nearly 200 nations seek to hammer out a global agreement on climate change, Yvo de Boer worries that it may not be enough to boost clean energy investment and hold off dangerous levels of warming.
Cop-Outs and Denial: COP21 - Climate Emergency (Dispatch 4)
VICE News finds out why both climate change deniers and Greenpeace are unhappy with the COP21 conference in Paris.
Meet the 20-Somethings Who Have Been Tracking the Paris Climate Talks in a Google Doc
Peppered with GIFs and humorous observations of international delegates, the document is the only record of the deliberations that have been taking place behind the conference's closed doors.
Canada Is Talking Tough on Climate But Don’t Expect the Oil Sands to Shut Down
Alberta's Environment Minister Shannon Phillips said the federal government and fellow provinces understand "Alberta is an energy producer and will remain so for the foreseeable future."
Now Here's Some Good News: Global Warming Emissions Could Actually Be in Decline
A decline in coal burning in China and increasingly competitive prices for renewable energy production seem to be decoupling levels of economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions.
Canada Takes the Side of Poor Countries at Climate Talks
The Canadian delegation is pushing to have indigenous rights re-introduced into the Paris agreement alongside Mexico, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Peru and small island states, such as Tuvalu and the Maldives.
Paris Climate Talks: Only Four More Days for a Plan to Save the World
The draft agreement reached over the weekend still contains 900 statements in "square brackets" – flagging up all the statements that have not yet been unanimously approved.
Toxic Tours and Civil Disobedience: COP21 - Climate Emergency (Dispatch 3)
VICE News follows a crowd of activists, outraged by corporate greenwashing, crashing the Solutions COP21 exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris.
Climate Activism Under Attack: COP21 - Climate Emergency (Dispatch 2)
VICE News hears from Ban Ki-Moon at a COP21 party, attends an anti-COP21 conference, and meets one of the 24 climate activists currently under house arrest in France.
Canada Is Having a Big Green Rebranding — And That Could Help the Oil Sands
The Alberta tar sands have made Canada’s energy industry a pariah among environmentalists, but at the Paris climate talks some politicians hope that a shift in Canadian policy will help get the country’s “heavy oil” to market.