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World leaders will gather at the U.N. to address poverty, hunger and inequality. NPR's A Martinez talks to Amanda Gorman, who reads part of a poem she wrote for an appearance at the General Assembly.

Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Canada to try to fix humanity's relationship with nature. The convention comes during an emerging extinction crisis.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Jane Lubchenco, who leads climate and environment science efforts at the White House, about the findings of the United Nations' major new report on climate change.

The U.N. climate summit's landmark decision sets aggressive targets for cutting greenhouse emissions. It also promises more aid for developing countries, but many of those countries wanted more.

The European-backed resolution that was approved demands Russia immediately withdraw its forces. The Trump administration had offered a competing resolution that did not mention Russian aggression.

On his latest album, Bad Bunny opts for personal intimacy and cultural specificity.

The plan authorizes a security force in the devastated territory and envisions a possible path to an independent Palestinian state. Russia, which had circulated a rival resolution, abstained along with China on the 13-0 vote.

The World Food Programme says it has run out of food. It's been eight weeks since Israel stopped all aid coming into Gaza. The U-N agency warns of mass starvation.

The comments came shortly before talks kicked off in Dubai. In reality, scientists warn that further fossil fuel development is driving global warming.

Human rights groups are alarmed by the Trump administration's efforts to reinterpret international human rights rules.