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Amnesty International on Friday urged states attending the June Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany, to turn existing climate commitments into a concrete, rights-centered action plan ahead of the COP31 summit in Antalya, Türkiye, this November. The rights group argued that climate policy will fail unless it is built around human rights, including the rights to [...]

Editor’s note: Dimitri Lascaris traveled to Iran from March 20–31, 2026, as part of a small group of foreign journalists invited by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Iran’s state broadcaster, which operates under the supervision of the Supreme Leader’s office. IRIB organized the group’s itinerary and provided in-country guidance. Lascaris states that he declined [...]

Maryland’s highest court on Tuesday dismissed several local government claims to recover damages against several large energy companies for harm created by climate change, finding that federal law preempts the case and state law does not support it. The case dates to 2018, when the city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit against the energy companies, [...]

At the 2026 Green Growth Summit on Monday, UN experts took the opportunity to promote renewable energy in the midst of the global oil panic, urging Europe to not miss an opportunity to invest in green energy. Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, reiterated the accessible and stable aspects [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Transportation (DOT) on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in an effort to block the state from enforcing carbon dioxide (CO2) and zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandates, on the grounds that federal law prohibits state regulation in this area. The federal lawsuit [...]

Amnesty International on Friday warned that recent flooding in Mozambique underscores widening global inequalities in climate responsibility, as major emitting states scale back both environmental protections and international cooperation. The organization said communities in Mozambique are facing repeated climate disasters, with heavy rains displacing thousands and damaging infrastructure in low-lying coastal regions, where recovery remains [...]

On Saturday morning, February 28, the United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran, hitting targets in Tehran, Isfahan, Qom and other cities across 24 provinces. Iran’s Red Crescent reported at least 201 people killed and 700 injured. US President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” and openly urged regime change. Iran retaliated [...]

A US federal court ruled Monday that US President Donald Trump’s cancellation of clean energy grants to 16 Democratic-led states was illegal. In October 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it would cancel over $7.5 billion in clean energy project grants that funded 223 projects across the country. The agency claimed that the [...]

The 30th Conference of the Parties concluded in Brazil this month, with delegates focused on reinforcing the 2015 Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Central to this year’s negotiations: pressing member states to commit to more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs. In the lead-up to COP30, JURIST spoke with Dr. David [...]

A year after the leftist National People’s Power (NPP) coalition won an unprecedented supermajority in Sri Lanka’s November 2024 parliamentary elections—with support from both the majority Sinhala and minority Tamil communities—it has fallen short in terms of delivering on its sweeping promises. As the first party to govern Sri Lanka outside the two-party system, the [...]