Thousands of diplomats, scientists and activists are in Belém, Brazil this week for COP30, the annual United Nations climate conference. This year’s negotiations also mark 10 years since the approval ...

In last week’s CCW I discussed why I thought no true progress in the effort to halt climate change will result from any agreement(s) ultimately produced at COP 30 in Belem, Brazil. I also described ...

The agreement is a 2015 international pact that nearly 200 nations have signed. Each country provides its own goal and commitment to curbing emissions of heat-trapping gases that lead to climate ...

With history as a guide and two months to prepare for the announcement, there was relatively little wailing and gnashing of teeth when President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris ...

There is a grim symbolism to the world’s biggest historic greenhouse gas emitter and second-biggest emitter today pulling out of the international agreement aimed at cutting those emissions just a ...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday for the U.S. to withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate agreement — again. Despite his 2017 order being versed by former President Joe Biden ...

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our ...

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Climate and Energy policy choices in Washington and Beijing are reshaping global trade, technology flows, and investment patterns. As strategic competition between the United States and China ...