Al Gore: UN Climate Summit “on the Verge of Complete Failure”
Al Gore at the COP28 climate summit.Kamran Jebreili/AP This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United Nations climate summit in Dubai promises no shortage of drama in its final days—in part because negotiations over whether or not to phase out global fossil fuel use appear to…
Invisible Gas Clouds Are Warming the Poles Faster Than We Predicted
Iceberg A-23A, drifting northward across the Weddell Sea. NASA Earth/ZUMA This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you had lived some 50 million years ago and taken a trip to the poles, you would have found lush forests and creatures like crocodiles instead of miles-thick ice…
In India, a Growing Need for AC Could Add to Global Heating
Men remove an air conditioner in advance of a building demolition in New Delhi.Naveen Sharma/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For Muskan, the arrival of summer in Delhi is the “beginning of hell.” As temperatures in her cramped, densely populated east Delhi neighborhood often…
You Won’t Believe What New Mexico Is About to Buy
An oil drilling rig and oil storage tanks in Loving, New Mexico.Jim West/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. New Mexico will invest $500 million into purchasing water from controversial sources, including treated oilfield wastewater, as a means to bolster the state’s water portfolio. The…
The War in Gaza Has Come for the Climate Movement
Demonstrators participate in a protest against the Israel-Hamas war during the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit.Peter Dejong/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Greta Thunberg posted a photo of herself holding a “stand with Gaza” sign on Instagram in October, the backlash in Israel and Germany came…
Study: Climate Is a Top Priority for Many Elderly Swing State Voters
On the front line of the drive for US political action on climate, the youth movement has had a largely unsung partner—one with more experience, greater resources and often, ample time to devote to the cause.Voters aged 65 and older are second only to those between the ages of 18 and 34 in naming climate…