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In Milei's Argentina, a fight for indigenous land
GZERO Reports

In Milei's Argentina, a fight for indigenous land

In Argentina’s Patagonia, Indigenous Mapuche communities say they are facing increasing persecution under President Javier Milei, the Libertarian leader whose promises of economic reform are intensifying long-standing conflicts over land rights and environmental protection.

Plastic waste is killing us. But we can't seem to quit it.
The Debrief

Plastic waste is killing us. But we can't seem to quit it.

After years of careful planning, negotiations in Geneva over the first-ever global plastics treaty ended in deadlock, says Eurasia Group's sustainability expert Franck Gbaguidi. Here's why the world is stuck in a plastic waste trap.

Graphic Truth: Canada braces for wildfire season
GZERO North

Graphic Truth: Canada braces for wildfire season

As the weather warms, the US and Canada are bracing for the potential of another record-breaking wildfire season.

Graphic Truth: Home insurance costs are on the rise
GZERO North

Graphic Truth: Home insurance costs are on the rise

As climate change makes disasters more frequent and destructive, insurers are having to raise rates and reduce coverage.

Graphic Truth: When it comes to freshwater, Canada is king
GZERO North

Graphic Truth: When it comes to freshwater, Canada is king

Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface, but good ol’ H2O is a much more precious resource than it appears.

​Participants enter the Dubai Exhibition Centre during the COP28, UN Climate Change Conference.
GZERO AI

Can climate activism and AI coexist?

AI is on the lips of climate-policy negotiators gathered for the United Nation’s COP28 conference in Dubai, and for good reason — it presents a high-risk but potentially high-reward scenario.

Who should pay to fix our warming planet?
by ian bremmer

Who should pay to fix our warming planet?

Global leaders are gathering in Dubai for COP28, the 28th annual United Nations climate summit, starting tomorrow through Dec. 12. But before the meeting even begins, I can already tell you one thing: Just like every COP that came before it, COP28 will fail to resolve the central debate on “solving” climate change.

A person walks past a "#COP28" sign in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Analysis

Controversies at COP28 and the future of climate change

Global climate talks are kicking off at COP28 on Thursday amid revelations that its host, the United Arab Emirates, is using the event to lobby for fossil fuel production. GZERO's Riley Callanan talked to Eurasia Group Vice Chairman Gerald Butts, who was a part of Canada’s delegation when the Paris Agreement was adopted at COP2 in 2015, about COP28, oil and gas, progressive agendas and much more.