Paris Agreement

Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation on Monday setting a goal of 100 percent renewable energy for the state by 2045.

• By Rebecca Worby

There is no way to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement if California continues extracting oil and gas unabated.

• By Kate Wheeling

When I talk about the climate process to the uninitiated, they always insist that there has to be a better way. The trouble is, there may not be.

• By Eric J. Lyman

A group of 10 families is taking the European Union to court in an attempt to get its member states to take more drastic action on climate change.

• By Kate Wheeling

Europe talks a good game on climate, but its emissions rose last year—while in the U.S., despite the efforts of the Trump administration, emissions fell.

• By Bob Berwyn

The global shipping industry will still need to ratchet up its efforts to decarbonize to keep the goals of the Paris Agreement alive.

• By Kate Wheeling

Not that much, one new study finds.

• By Francie Diep

Non-governmental coalitions stepped up in the U.S.'s relative absence at COP23 this year. Is their activism the only thing keeping climate change at bay in America?

• By Benjamin Powers

At last week's summit in Paris, the French president expressed optimism—but where's the rest of the money?

• By Eric J. Lyman

European observers say that the Department of State's delegation helped drive progress in some key areas of the COP23 talks.

• By Bob Berwyn

A look at Fiji's emissions offers insights into why different countries tussle over what to do with climate cash.

• By Kate Wheeling

By 2030, global emissions will have started to decline—but that's not soon enough.

• By Kate Wheeling

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels held steady in 2016. But we still need big cuts to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

• By Bob Berwyn

In Hamburg, the American negotiators issued bold, sometimes confusing requests.

• By Bob Berwyn

The G19 is set to rebuke the U.S. over its Paris withdrawal.

• By Bob Berwyn

As the U.N. boosts the roles of city and regional governments, California Governor Jerry Brown has been appointed special advisor to COP23 in Bonn.

• By Bob Berwyn

Top officials said they will challenge any effort by the Trump administration to roll back vehicle emissions restrictions in court.

• By Nick Hagar

Exporting green technology will help lower emissions—but not without pools like the Green Climate Fund.

• By Bob Berwyn

The unlikely climate partnership between China and California shows how Trump's Paris decision fails by its own logic.

• By Lucia Graves

There were going to be setbacks no matter which option Trump chose, and it will take years for the consequences of his decision to play out.

• By Andrew Revkin

The EPA head called for any renegotiation of the Paris Agreement to focus on the exportation of purportedly environmentally friendly technology.

• By Jack Denton

In his Rose Garden remarks, the president's emphasis on victimhood and economic primacy shocked Europe—and even echoed early Nazi themes.

• By Bob Berwyn

American states, cities, and organizations have re-affirmed their commitment to the Paris climate deal since Trump announced that the U.S. will leave it.

• By Nick Hagar

Twenty-one young Americans are suing the U.S. government for ignoring climate change—and industry groups now seem terrified.

• By Mark Schapiro