Climate Change, ‘Ordinary Time,’ and Earthrise
The timescales of global warming
A Reader's Guide to the Paris Agreement
The most important piece of international diplomacy in years, deciphered
A 19th-Century Glimpse of a Changing Climate
John Ruskin’s warnings about a “plague-wind” offer one way of looking at the Paris deal.
Is Hope Possible After the Paris Agreement?
Negotiators have reached the first international climate pact in history.
The Prospective Paris Deal Ignores Two Major Polluters
The international shipping and aviation industries likely won’t be affected by COP21, even though they emit as much carbon as some large nations.
The Still Unresolved Questions of the Paris Climate Agreement
A guide to the most contentious issues and how they’re discussed in the agreement
Ted Cruz Turns Up the Heat on Climate Change
The Republican presidential hopeful attacks the scientific consensus as talks unfold in Paris.
The Most Stupendous Acronym From the Paris Climate Talks
It’s 12 letters long and unpronounceable.
Why the U.S. Is Leaving Untapped Fossil Fuels in the Ground—for Now
The government has delayed an auction of public land for oil and gas development until after the Paris climate talks.
What Most People Don't Understand About Climate Change
According to President Obama's top science advisor
The Race to Remake the World’s Energy
Which countries have the best ideas for cutting carbon emissions?
What Makes People Who Really Care About Climate Change Different?
Many Americans say global warming is real. But far fewer believe it’s a pressing national priority.
Why the World Is Now Set on (at Least) Two Degrees of Warming
An agreement to aim for less has been taken off the table in Paris.
What Will Become of the Climate-Change Refugees?
The world hasn't yet figured out how to deal with people who were forced from their homes for environmental reasons.
The Big Problem at the Heart of the Paris Climate Talks
Obama signals a possible compromise on one of the major issues that could hold up a deal.
How Solar and Wind Got So Cheap, So Fast
The technological shift that made an agreement in Paris possible
The Republican Attempt to Derail the Paris Climate Talks
Critics of the president’s climate agenda are telling the world it stands on shaky ground.
The Difference Two Degrees Makes
How rising temperatures are changing the world, in charts
The Ideas That World Leaders Won't Be Discussing in Paris
A look at a few of the policy proposals that are too aggressive for the current political climate
The Fate of the World Lies in Between Brackets
A guide to the most important climate deal in years. [Possibly.]
A Rare, High-Level Handshake in Paris
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shook hands for the first time in years at the global climate conference in France on Monday.
Paris Protesters Meet France’s Anti-Terrorism Laws
French authorities used emergency powers to arrest more than 200 demonstrators ahead of Monday’s global climate conference.