Antonio Guterres

Extreme global temperatures, wildfires and hurricanes continued to plague the planet during 2020, prompting U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to urge an end to global "war on nature."

Covering Climate Now: United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said humanity's survival will be "impossible" without the United States rejoining the Paris Agreement and achieving "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050.

The 83-year-old Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy has been imprisoned in India on accusations of terrorism, but church and human rights leaders say he has been targeted because of his defense of indigenous people.

The Trump administration may have pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, but most states and many rural areas have developed their own plans for reducing carbon emissions and moving away from fossil fuels.

Trillions of dollars are on the table, as governments around the world seek to dig out from the economic crater caused by the coronavirus. With time also running short to avoid the worst of the climate crisis, the growing consensus among world leaders is that COVID-19 recovery spending must be "climate-smart."

Pope Francis praised the United Nations' adoption of a global cease-fire resolution amid the coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world.

As travel restrictions continue in the hope of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, Pope Francis offered his prayers and solidarity to those who work at sea and have either been prevented from going ashore or have not been able to work.