Climate Change
Give More Women the Microphone at COP27
Women are leading the climate revolution. At COP27, speakers should cede time to hear what they have to say
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World Edges Closer to Meeting Climate Targets but Not Fast Enough
As the COP27 climate summit begins, emissions reduction pledges are still far behind where they need to be to meet the goals to limit global warming
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In a First, U.N. Climate Summit Will Discuss Climate Reparations
For the first time, the formal agenda of the U.N. climate talks will include discussion on how rich nations should pay poorer nations for the unavoidable impacts of climate change
Climate Change
See How Much Climate Change Has Cost Different Countries
Low-income nations bear the brunt of costs from climate change
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Five Tensions That Could Derail the COP27 Climate Summit
Set against a backdrop of severe weather disasters, the COP27 climate summit is colliding with soaring energy costs, food insecurity and a looming recession
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What Scientists Are Watching at the COP27 Climate Summit
At the COP27 climate summit, countries will grapple with how to pay for loss and damage from global warming and how to bolster pledges to cut emissions
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The World Isn’t Adapting to Climate Change Quickly Enough, U.N. Says
Climate adaptation—and funding to support it—will be a major focus of the COP 27 climate meeting set to start on Sunday in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
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The Middle East Is Going Green while Supplying Oil to Others
Middle Eastern governments are ramping up their green ambitions ahead of the COP27 climate summit but show few signs of reining in fossil-fuel exports
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More African-Led Research on Adaptation Will Help the Continent Survive Climate Change
Learning how to adapt to global warming will save lives and economies, yet most of the funding for climate change in Africa goes to outside research on mitigation
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Report on California Climate Impacts ‘Paints a Pretty Grim Picture’
California is experiencing more wildfires, illness and drought as the impacts of climate change accelerate
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Why the Upcoming Climate Talks Are Different from Past Ones
Beginning next week at the COP 27 meeting, global climate negotiators will try to put decades of bureaucratic bargaining into practice in areas where rising temperatures are hitting people the hardest...
Climate Change
Climate Change Is Adding Urgency to Archaeology
Scientists say drought and other climate change impacts are undermining their ability to protect and document important sites before they degrade or disappear
Fossil Fuels
Utility Explores Converting Coal Plants into Nuclear Power
The large utility PacifiCorp is studying the viability of turning five fossil-fuel plants into nuclear-energy-and-storage facilities
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Observatory on Mount Everest Must Be Saved, Scientists Say
A research facility halfway up Mount Everest is crucial for research on climate change and biodiversity. And it’s falling apart
Climate Change
Electric School Bus Fleet Will Quadruple with $1 Billion in Funding
A $1-billion investment will help school districts around the U.S. beef up their electric school bus fleets—a move that advocates called a “total game changer”
Climate Change
5 Things to Know about Climate Reparations
There are growing calls for a mechanism to pay developing countries for losses and damages they’ve suffered from climate change—a problem they did little to create
Public Health
Diseases Explode after Extreme Flooding and Other Climate Disasters
Devastating floods in Pakistan are driving the spread of disease—and climate change is making such events more common
Climate Change
To Survive More Frequent Hurricanes, Puerto Rico Needs to Rethink Preparedness
Our leaders ignored the lessons learned from Hurricane Maria, and Fiona caused more destruction than it should have
Renewable Energy
A Boom in Renewable Energy Has Blunted the Global Rise in Emissions
Emissions associated with energy use are on track to increase by only 1 percent this year because of a boom in wind and solar power
Climate Change
New Jersey Invokes Superstorm Sandy Wreckage in New Climate Lawsuit
The Garden State is one of two dozen local governments suing oil and gas companies for allegedly lying to consumers and contributing to global warming
