Environment New Landscapes Why Aren’t We Using Nature to Fight Climate Change? Forests, mangroves, and wetlands are sometimes seen as the easy option—yet using nature to tackle climate change can be surprisingly controversial. Sophie Yeo
COP24 Environment At COP24, Will Climate Action Include Basic Protections for Human Rights? In the final hours of COP24, human rights activists lament that nations still consider human rights a bargaining chip in climate negotiations. Kate Wheeling
COP24 Environment At COP24, Poland Unveils a Declaration to Protect Its Forests Environmentalists are concerned that Poland's declaration could be used as an excuse to continue burning coal. Kate Wheeling
COP24 Environment COP24: New U.N. Guidelines Will Help People Displaced by Climate Change The agreement marks a rare moment of unity on an increasingly fraught topic. Sophie Yeo
COP24 Environment How Oil Companies Are Still Undermining the Paris Agreement Climate advocates respond to a Shell executive's claim that the oil giant influenced the text of the Paris Agreement. Kate Wheeling
COP24 Environment 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
News in Brief The Week in Photos 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
COP24 Environment 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
COP24 Environment 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
COP24 Environment At COP24, the Shipping Giant Maersk Is Leading the Way to Zero Emissions Left out of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the shipping industry is finally joining the rest of the world on the path to decarbonization. Kate Wheeling