Europe Has Its Own Green New Deal
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels.Aris Oikonomou/Getty This article was originally published in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Nearly every major aspect of the European economy is to be re-evaluated in light of the imperatives of the climate and ecological…
This City May Become a Magnet for Climate Refugees
The inner harbor of Buffalo, New York on Lake Erie.Universal Images Group/Getty This piece was originally published in CityLab and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Maria Robles saw rainfall so severe that it punched a hole through her roof and flooded her home in San…
Global Carbon Emissions Will Hit a Record High in 2019… Again.
Carbon dioxide emissions in the United States rose 3.4 percent in 2018, the largest increase in eight years. A rise in emissions from factories, trucks and planes contributed heavily to this increase.Scott Olson/Getty This piece was originally published in HuffPost and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Global carbon emissions will hit…
Democrats from Congress Tried to Reassure World Leaders at the UN Climate Summit
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers assured world leaders at the United Nations climate conference in Madrid that the United States will continue to be a leader in combatting global climate change, despite backward steps by the Trump administration. “The…
The UN Secretary General Says the Real Climate Leaders Are the World’s Youth
Environment of IFEMA venue during the opening day of the UNFCCC COP25 climate conference on December 2, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. Miquel Benitez/Getty This piece was originally published in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, contrasted the “leadership” and “mobilization” shown by the…
What a Bloomberg Candidacy Could Mean for Climate
Democratic presidential candidate, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on November 25, 2019.Drew Angerer/Getty This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. This weekend, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg entered the presidential race in classic billionaire style: by buying up $30 million worth of TV…