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AI Is Pushing Climate Goals Out of Reach, New Reports Say

Without a big increase in investment in renewable energy globally, humanity will not limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, but much of the data center boom is powered by fossil fuels.

By Jake Bolster

A view of Meta’s newly constructed data center on July 18, 2024, in Eagle Mountain, Utah. Credit: George Frey/AFP via Getty Images
Wind turbines operate adjacent to a highway near Whitewater, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

New Report Marks a Decade of Progress, Challenges on Global Decarbonization

By Bob Berwyn

A slurry mix of sand and seawater is pumped onto the main public beach during a sand replenishment project for eroding shoreline related to sea level rise on Nov. 21, 2024 in San Clemente, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Paris Agreement Target for Warming Won’t Protect Polar Ice Sheets, Scientists Warn

By Bob Berwyn

A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

President Donald Trump holds his signed executive order announcing the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena on Monday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Moves Again to Exit the Paris Agreement. Here’s What That Means

By Bob Berwyn

The sun sets on Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles where temperatures hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38C). Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Global Warming Surges Well Past 1.5-Degree Mark in 2024

By Bob Berwyn

The judges of the International Court of Justice rise during a hearing to set a legal framework on how countries should tackle climate change in The Hague on Dec. 4. Credit: Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/AFP via Getty Images

International Court of Justice Hears Climate Pleas Ahead of Issuing an Advisory Opinion

By Bob Berwyn

A view of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge oil refinery in Louisiana. Credit: Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images

Why Big Oil Is Urging Trump Not to Pull Out of the Paris Accord

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster, Samoa Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, leaves a meeting as a representative of the Alliance of Small Island States on day twelve of the COP29 climate conference on Nov. 23 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

How COP29 Came Close to Collapse, as Developed and Developing Nations Clashed Under the Weak Azerbaijanis

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Country delegates attend the opening ceremony of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

‘COP Fatigue’: Experts Warn That Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress

By Bob Berwyn

People walk past the COP29 headquarters on Tuesday in Baku, Azerbaijan. The 2024 U.N. climate talks will be held from November 11-22 in Baku. Credit: Aziz Karimov/Getty Images

After Trump Win, World Says ‘We’ve Been Here Before’

By Bob Berwyn

The 2024 U.N. climate summit, COP29, is set to take place this month in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

9 Years After the Paris Agreement, the UN Confronts the World’s Failure to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

The COP 29 climate conference starts on Nov. 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Aziz Karimov/Getty Images

New Reports Ahead of COP29 Show The World Is Spinning Its Wheels on Climate Action

By Bob Berwyn

A Ukrainian tank fires at pro-Russian forces in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Russia and pro-separatist forces have controlled the region since 2014, eight years before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor. Credit: Courtesy of Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Pollution From World’s Militaries in Spotlight at UN Summit

By Ken McLaughlin, The War Horse

Direct air capture, a technique that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, has been growing in popularity over the past decade, but critics worry that it is too energy-intensive. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Carbon Removals Aren’t Just About Getting the Science Right

By Mathilde Augustin

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on June 22 in Philadelphia. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Trump’s Environmental Impact Endures, at Home and Around the World

By Marianne Lavelle

Activists march in protest on day nine of the COP28 Climate Conference on Dec. 9, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

With the World Stumbling Past 1.5 Degrees of Warming, Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest and Authoritarian Backlash

By Bob Berwyn

Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, interacts with people during a campaign event on Jan. 19 in Milford, New Hampshire. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Says Climate Change is Real. Is She Proposing Anything to Stop It?

By Phil McKenna

Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks to reporters following a campaign event on Jan. 11 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Q&A: In New Hampshire, Nikki Haley Touts Her Role as UN Ambassador in Pulling the US Out of the Paris Climate Accord

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

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