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Building reads "climate emergency" with flares of red and orange hues on the front of the building

UN climate chief on coronavirus and climate change: We must ‘address these two fundamental, existential crises together’

Climate Change

Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, continues to wrangle world leaders to make and meet ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions — even amid the pandemic.

A person holds a replica of a burning globe in the air with fake flames coming out of it.

‘The mother of all injustices is climate change,’ says former diplomat and climate change leader

The Big Fix
Penguins stand on ice in Antarctica.

Emperor Penguins could march to extinction if nations fail to halt climate change

Environment
"Ice on Fire" filming

HBO’s ‘Ice on Fire’ focuses on solutions to the grave dangers posed by climate change

Arts, Culture & Media
A group of school children hold signs that read "12 years left"

From the Amazon to the Arctic, The World’s biggest environmental stories of the year

Bomb cyclone

Climate change will accelerate extreme weather events in the coming years

Environment

Hurricanes, floods, heat, drought, wildfires — climate change is creating the conditions for an increased risk of catastrophic weather events in the coming years, according to climate researchers.

Methane bubbles under ice

Melting polar ice poses a serious global risk

Environment

The fast retreat of glaciers and polar ice is sobering, if not terrifying, in what it implies for the future of life here on Earth.

Oregon dry lakebedEmigrant Lake near Ashland, Oregon in October 2014. Current drought conditions have caused the lake to fall to less than 10 percent of its capacity.

The worst droughts in 1,000 years may be on the horizon for the American West

Environment

Since 2011, California has been in the grip of one of the worst droughts in recent history. It’s shrinking water reserves, intensifying wildfires and, so far, costing farmers billions of dollars in agricultural losses. But all of that may be just a preview of what’s to come later this century.

Vehicles submerged in flood waters along the South Platte River near Greenley, Colorado in 2013. Scientists believe climate change is already bringing more flooding to river corridors and coastal areas around the world.

The climate word of the day is ‘irreversible’

Environment

The latest draft climate report leaked from the UN stresses the threat of severe and “irreversible” changes in the climate system by the end of this century. But just what does that mean?

In the latest UN climate change report, scientists offer us a glimmer of hope — if we act fast

Environment

All is not lost. That’s the uplifting message from the third installment of an important UN report on climate change. It says the cost of keeping global warming in check is relatively modest, if we move quickly.All is not lost. That’s the uplifting message from the third installment of an important UN report on climate change. It says the cost of keeping global warming in check is relatively modest, if we move quickly.