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Paris Climate Agreement

Global Efforts to Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Are Lagging as Much as Efforts to Slow Emissions

A new UN report highlights how an adaptation gap hurts the most vulnerable countries and urges increased financing and cost-effective, nature-based preparations.

By Bob Berwyn

People stand on a green roof in Saxony, Germany. Credit: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/picture alliance via Getty Images
Secretary General António Guterres speaks during a press conference at the United Nations in New York City on Nov. 20, 2020. Credit: EuropaNewswire/Gado/Getty Images

United Nations Chief Warns of a ‘Moment of Truth for People and Planet’

By Bob Berwyn

A voter walks toward a polling location on election day in Austin, Texas on Nov. 3, 2020. Credit: Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images

Warming Trends: A Climate Win in Austin, the Demise of Butterflies and the Threat of Food Pollution

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Demonstrators hold banners during a rally near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Dec. 12, 2015 on the sidelines of the COP21, the UN conference on global warming. Credit: Francois Guillot/AFP via Getty Images

No Matter Who Wins, the US Exits the Paris Climate Accord the Day After the Election

By Bob Berwyn

Emissions on the New Jersey Turnpike. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

U.S. Emissions Dropped in 2019: Here's Why in 6 Charts

By Nicholas Kusnetz

UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutierres speaks at COP25. Credit: Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty Images

UN Climate Talks Stymied by Carbon Markets' 'Ghost from the Past'

By LESLIE HOOK, FINANCIAL TIMES

Homes in El Segundo, California, sit blocks from the Chevron refinery. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

A Pollution and Climate Justice Question at COP25: What Role Should Carbon Markets Play?

By Marianne Lavelle

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa (right) and Chilean Minister of Environment and COP25 President Carolina Schmidt speak to the media ahead of the UNFCCC COP25 climate conference in Madrid. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

UN Climate Summit Opens with Growing Concern About ‘Laggard’ Countries

By DANIEL DOMBEY & LESLIE HOOK, FINANCIAL TIMES

Oil production and pipelines. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

World’s Current Fossil Fuel Plans Will Shatter Paris Climate Limits, UN Warns

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Nantong power station. Credit: Barcroft Media via Getty Images

China Ramps Up Coal Power Again, Despite Pressure to Cut Emissions

BY LESLIE HOOK, FINANCIAL TIMES

Wind turbine near coal-fired power plant. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The Paris Climate Problem: A Dangerous Lack of Urgency

By Georgina Gustin

A common refrain at the Paris climate talks: There is no Plan B, because there is no Planet B. Credit: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images

Where Does Trump's Paris Climate Accord Divorce Stand Now?

By Marianne Lavelle

Rising global temperatures that are melting Greenland's ice at a faster pace have also altered the ways in which the local populace farm, fish, hunt and even travel across land. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

From Antarctica to Oceans, Climate Change Damage Is About to Get a Lot Worse, IPCC Warns

By Sabrina Shankman

A student walks through a vegan cafeteria on a German college campus. Credit: Monika Skolimowska/picture alliance via Getty Images

Can a Climate Conscious Diet Include Meat or Dairy?

By Georgina Gustin

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders, shown here at a news conference in June, introduced a resolution on July 9, 2019, along with Rep. Earl Blumenauer, calling on Congress to declare a climate emergency. Credit: Saul Loeb/Getty

AOC, Sanders Launch ‘Climate Emergency’ Resolution

By Kristoffer Tigue

Two boys look at a smartphone in front of their house next to a coal fired power plant on the outskirts of Beijing. Credit: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

How Much Global Warming Is Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Locking In?

By Phil McKenna

A groundskeeper in Los Angeles sweats through a heat wave. Credit: Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

In These U.S. Cities, Heat Waves Will Kill Hundreds More as Temperatures Rise

By Bob Berwyn

Soy fields cut into the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Credit: Ricardo Beliel/Brazil Photos/LightRocket via Getty Images

World's Alarming Rate of Forest Loss Threatens a Crucial Climate Solution

By Georgina Gustin

Highway and industry. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

Carbon Tax Plans: How They Compare & Why Oil Giants Support One of Them

By Marianne Lavelle

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