Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future

This year’s Conference of the Parties, the annual United Nations meeting meant to avert catastrophic climate change, was ...

Climate adaptation explained: What it means and why it is essential

The UN has warned that the world has missed its target to keep global warming in line with 1.5 degrees Celsius above ...

The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality

Ten years ago the world’s leaders placed a historic bet. The 2015 Paris agreement aimed to put humanity on a path to avert ...

First-ever full Earth system simulation provides new tool to understand climate change

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today presented a 26-member team with the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modeling in recognition of their project "Computing the Full Earth System at 1 ...

What does climate adaptation actually mean? An expert explains

While we cannot stop increases in the magnitude or frequency of adverse weather, there is a lot more people can do to reduce ...

OPINION: Urgent action needed for Africa’s climate-displaced children

Dr Bryony Fox highlights the immediate impact of climate change on Africa's children, who are being displaced and left in ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

States Should Use Funding Available Pre- and Post-Disaster to Build Long-Term Resilience to Climate Change

Executive SummaryWhat Can States Do?Foster cross-agency coordination on hazard mitigation and climate adaptationRequire ...
Tech XploreOpinion

This widely used chart makes the clean energy switch seem much harder than it actually is

When we compare energy sources, looking at raw numbers only tells part of the story. For coal, gas, nuclear and biomass power ...

3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points

Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In ...