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Youth Interfaith Summit highlights spiritual dimension of climate action, Baha’i World News Service, 15 May 2025

Interconnected Disaster Risks: Turning Over a New Leaf, United Nations University, May 2025

Second Letter from COP30 Presidency, 8 May 2025

Talanoa Interfaith Call to Action, May 2025

The Climate Majority, 22 April 2025

Binding Global Climate Legislation, International Maritime Organization, 11 April 2025

Ethics and Climate Change, Letter from COP30 President-Designate, 10 March 2025

Latest Warnings on Climate Change, Global Governance Forum blog by Arthur Dahl, 3 March 2025

Latest on Climate Change, February 2025

Current climate policies risk catastrophic societal and economic impacts, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, 16 January 2025

World’s climate fight needs fundamental reform, The Guardian, 7 January 2025

Drylands now make up 40% of land on Earth, The Guardian, 9 December 2024

International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change, Submissions 2024

COP29: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Baku, December 2024

Baha’is at COP29, November 2024

Corals on the Edge, blog by Arthur Dahl, 27 November 2024

Women Faith and Climate Network, November 2024

Multifaith Triple COP Call to Action, 15 November 2024

Letter on Climate COP Reform, The Club of Rome to COP29, 14 November 2024

Climate Change and a Just Transition, UNRISD November 2024

Protecting Our Common Climate System: Earth Governance for a Sustainable Future, An interfaith appeal to the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29), November 2024

Global Climate Change Week, 14-18 October 2024

'Irreversible' environmental disasters loom as global temperatures rise, based on Anaelle JONAH, 10 October 2024

The Tipping Points of Climate Change and Where We Stand, Johan Rockström, TED talk, 15 August 2024

Global Support for Climate Action, Nature Climate Change 2024

Global public consensus for climate action, June 2024

Webinar: Reefs of Hope, June 2024

A Moment of Truth, UN SG, 5 June 2024

Climate Change and the Importance of Indigenous Knowledge, IF20 Webinar, 27 May 2024

Protecting the oceans from greenhouse gases, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, 21 May 2024

Carbon Value-added Tax May 2024

Climate Change and Small Island Developing States, 30 April 2024

The Rise of Eco-anxiety, review in Nature 10 April 2024

Emergency Measures to Secure Heat-adapted Corals, April 2024

New Climate Resilience Fund for Refugees, April 2024

Coming financial crisis from extreme heat, April 2024

Just two years left, Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary UNFCCC, April 2024

The Paris Climate Agreement and Global Ecological Cooperation, April 2024

2023 Hottest Year on Record, March 2024

Reefs of Hope endorsed by UNESCO, Corals for Conservation, Fiji Islands, 23 February 2024

Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement, February 2024

Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, February 2024

2023 warmest on record, January 2024

Climate Change COP28, January 2024

COP28 Highlights, January 2024

Faith for Climate: A Call to Action, COP28, 7 December 2023

Austin Bowden-Kerby on saving coral reefs, 1 December 2023

Global Faith Leaders Summit - Interfaith Statement for COP28, November 2023

Leveraging Education in Emergencies for Climate Action, November 2023

The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory, Alliance of World Scientists, October 2023

Climate Change and the Importance of Indigenous Knowledge, KAICIID and IF20-G20 Interfaith Forum, webinar, 12-13 October 2023

September smashes monthly temperature record, WMO, October 2023

Laudate Deum - on the climate crisis, October 2023

Africa ‘big challenge’ in climate migration crisis, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 30 September 2023

Coral Reefs in Danger, September 2023

'Hidden handbrakes' blocking action to halt climate change, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 22 September 2023

Governing Our Planetary Emergency: Charting a Safe Path for a Workable Future, A Statement by the Climate Governance Commission, 18 September 2023

International Court of Justice preparing advisory opinion on climate change, 29 March 2023, updated 4 September 2023

Call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, Multi-faith Letter, 19 August 2023

Providing Refuge for Climate Refugees in International Law, G20 Interfaith Forum webinar, 10 August 2023

Climate Change and World Economy: When an Irresistible Force Meets an Immovable Object, blog originally on Global Governance Forum by Arthur Dahl, 19 July 2023

Record-breaking global temperatures, July 2023

Climate Governance Commission, Second Meeting, 27-28 June 2023

The climate crisis and mental health, report by Arthur Dahl on a presentation by Professor Britt Wray, 28 April 2023

The Latest on Climate Change, IPCC6 Synthesis Report Headline Statements, 23 March 2023

Floods and droughts are intensifying, March 2023

Global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030, 17 March 2023

Climate Change and Its Ethical Challenges, by Arthur Dahl, from The Bahá'í World 2005-2006, An International Record, republished by The Bahá'í World online, 16 March 2023

The other energy crisis, blog by Arthur Dahl, 22 February 2023

Why a space sunshade isn't such a bright idea, February 2023

Confluence of Crises: Warnings by the UN Secretary-General, February 2023

Risks from sea level rise, February 2023

Vanuatu leading on climate change and environment, case study submitted by Fidel Zebeta, Climate Diplomacy team, Vanuatu, January 2023

One Planet, One Habitation: A Bahá’í Perspective on Recasting Humanity's Relationship with the Natural World, 16 December 2022

COP27 report: Consensus on guiding principles essential to climate action, Bahá'í International Community, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 24 November 2022

Film about coral reef restoration project screened at COP27, Bahá'í World News Service, 18 November 2022

Ethical responses to climate change, BIC COP 27 event features Al-Azhar, Religions for Peace and Vanuatu, Egypt, 10 November 2022

Delegates explore solidarity and justice at COP 27, news from the Bahá'í International Community, Egypt, 9 November 2022

Climate crisis to International Court of Justice, by Emily Wilkinson, Matt Bishop, Nadia Sánchez Castillo-Winckels, The Conversation 4 November 2022

World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022, October 2022

What is at stake at this year's global climate conference - COP27?, October 2022

Risk of passing multiple climate tipping points, ISC, September 2022

Climate Tipping Points Warning, September 2022

Principles requisite for climate action, Indore Bahá’í Chair, April 2022

Mitigation of Climate Change Summary for Policymakers, IPCC, April 2022

Challenging Economic Assumptions Driving Climate Change, March 2022

Climate Change, Global Pollution, Biodiversity: Can we turn the corner?, March 2022

Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, IPCC wg2, February 2022

Reporting to G20 Interfaith Forum on COP26, 8 November 2021

Towards a Global Environment Agency: Effective Governance for Shared Ecological Risks, by Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen and Arthur Dahl, for Climate Governance Commission, 8 November 2021

Action on Climate Change: Multiple Paths to a Better Future, IEF 25th Conference, November 2021

Reporting to G20 Interfaith Forum on COP26, November 2021

Climate Governance Commission report released, October 2021

Climate Change and Global Warming: A Bahá’í Perspective, October 2021

Faith and Science: Towards COP26 Joint Appeal - Executive Summary, October 2021

Faith and Science: An Appeal for COP26, October 2021

Climate Change, Faith and Science, Webinar, September 2021

The Recent Climate Report - Elevate the Conversation!, September 2021

9th IEF Webinar Discussion: The Recent IPCC Report, August 2021

World Scientist's Warning of a Climate Emergency, August 2021

Where is Climate Change Taking Us?, IPCC, August 2021

Carbon Footprint – Do Our Individual Actions Matter?, July 2021

Interfaith Indicators to Respond to COP26, July 2021

Working to save islands and coral reefs from climate change, , describing the work of IEF member Austin Bowden-Kerby to address the problems of small islands and coral reefs, March 2021

American Bahá'í Community and Needs of the Natural World, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, 12 March 2021

It’s time to make peace with nature, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, address at Columbia University, 2 December 2020

The Spirituality of Climate Change, December 2020

Capacity Building Drivers for Power Engineering Education to Deal with Climate Change, August 2020

Global Climate Crisis: Seeking Solutions, June 2020

COVID-19, Climate, Collapse: Is There Any Hope?, May 2020

The story of Rahima and Kalam: Climate change and the coastal peoples of Bangladesh, by IEF Member Zobayer Raihan, May 2020

Climate Change Accelerating, WMO, March 2020

Is it easy to combat climate change under war conditions in Yemen? blog by Nashwan Ahmed, 2 March 2020

Global Oil Industry Meltdown, Nafeez Ahmed, 4 February 2020

It is 100 seconds to midnight, 2020 Doomsday Clock Statement, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 23 January 2020

Greta Thunberg’s Remarks at the Davos Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 22 January 2020

Australia is burning, coral reefs are dying. What next?, blog Arthur Dahl, January 2020

Governance, Science and the Climate Crisis, International Environment Forum proposal on UN reform, January 2020

Key outcomes of COP25 climate talks, December 2019

The Crucial Role of Educators in Combating the Climate Crisis, by IEF Member Rafael Amaral Shayani PhD, Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Brasilia, Brazil, December 2019

From the front lines of climate impact, report by Carol Curtis, Majuro, Marshall Islands, 6 December 2019

The Climate Crisis and Global Governance, by Arthur Dahl, 1 December 2019

UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2019, November 2019

IPCC report on oceans and cryosphere, Press Release, September 2019

IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, Headline Statements 2019

Look to the ocean for climate change solutions, by Erna Solberg and Tommy Remengesau Jr., September 2019

Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks, by Matt McGrath, Environment correspondent - BBC, September 2019

Greta Thunberg at the UN Climate Action Summit, New York, 23 September 2019

To Address Climate Change, Ensure Coherence Between Principle and Action, September 2019

Impacts of Climate Change on Global Fisheries, by IEF Member Elizabeth L Mclean, Ph.D., 16 September 2019

Climate Change and Land, August 2019

UN High Level Political Forum 2019: Education, Peace and Climate Change, New York, 25 July 2019