Climate Change Archives

Environment

Why Communities Across America Are Pushing to Close Waste Incinerators

They can be a threat to public health, and a poor solution to larger environmental problems. Organizers from Baltimore to Detroit to Los Angeles are working for a future without them.

Rebecca Stoner

The video kiosk in Cleveland's Public Square was part of Julia Christensen's project "Waiting for a Break."

Environment

The Fine Art of Thin Ice

Multimedia artist Julia Christensen took video cameras to Lake Erie to document the ice that keeps the lake healthy—and what its absence could mean in the future.

Jillian Steinhauer

Protesters demonstrate on the sidelines of the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) summit on December 8th, 2018, in Katowice, Poland.

Over a Dozen Climate Activists Denied Entry to Poland Amid Crackdown

Civil society says the Polish government is violating human rights and undermining the global climate negotiations by denying entry or deporting climate advocates.

Kate Wheeling

Activists hold placards and shout slogans against the energy policy of the German government during an anti-coal protest on December 1st, 2018, in Berlin, Germany. Protests took place in Berlin and Cologne ahead of the U.N. COP24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland.

OPEC and the U.N. Struggle to Find a Way Forward on Climate Change (in Photos)

One of the most urgent issues of our time is on the minds of world leaders this week.

Emma Sarappo

How to Feed the World Without Breaking the Paris Agreement

The world's population is expected to balloon to nearly 10 billion by midcentury.

Kate Wheeling

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a session at the COP24 summit on climate change in Katowice, Poland, on December 4th, 2018.

The World Bank Makes History on Climate Finance, and Other Highlights From Week One at COP24

Highlights from the first week of the 2018 United Nations climate summit in Poland.

Kate Wheeling

Emissions spew out of a large stack at the coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station in Newburg, Maryland.

The Trump Administration Plans to Let Coal Power Plants Emit More Carbon Dioxide

Will it be enough to save coal jobs?

Francie Diep

Participants at work in the main plenary room during the COP24 summit in Katowice, Poland, on December 4th, 2018.

Should Corporations That Pollute Have Any Influence at Climate Summits?

Corporations with large carbon footprints tend to undermine global efforts to solve the climate crisis, according to climate advocates.

Kate Wheeling

What Influence Will Populism Have on the U.N. Climate Conference?

Experts argue that the political structure of populist nationalism makes introducing policies to reduce, or mitigate, emissions in democracies difficult.

Arjuna Dibley