Samantha Gross

Young people marching ahead of the COP26 climate conference

At COP26, leaders got a climate reality check. Here’s what they must do next.

Samantha Gross and María Fernanda Espinosa

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

A pedestrian crosses the Clyde Arc Bridge overlooking the Scottish Event Campus on September 1, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. The Scottish Event Campus IS one of the host venues for the upcoming COP 26 climate summit which is due to be held in Glasgow from the 1-12th November. (Photo by Ewan Bootman/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Around the halls: Examining the impact of what does (or doesn’t) happen at COP26

Amar Bhattacharya, David Dollar, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jeremy Greenwood, Samantha Gross, Shuxian Luo, Sanjay Patnaik, Natan Sachs, Todd Stern, Rahul Tongia, and David G. Victor

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks at a meeting of finance ministers from across the G7 nations ahead of the G7 leaders' summit, at Lancaster House in London, Britain June 4, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS

Around the halls: What to watch in Biden’s week of summits in Europe

Pavel K. Baev, Célia Belin, James Goldgeier, Samantha Gross, Syaru Shirley Lin, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Patrick W. Quirk, Douglas A. Rediker, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Thomas Wright

Monday, June 7, 2021

During a Greenpeace action, a CO-2 sign stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate with flames coming out of it. Two demonstrators hold a banner with the words "Before you go Mrs Merkel: Secure the future". With the action, activists of the environmental protection organization call on the German government to further reduce CO-2 emissions in Germany and to ensure compliance with the goals of the world climate summit in Paris.

Germany is becoming ground zero for the challenges of deep decarbonization

Friday, May 28, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his American Jobs Plan near the Calcasieu River Bridge in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S., May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Barriers to achieving US climate goals are more political than technical

Monday, May 10, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 20: Senate Appropriations Committee member Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) questions members of the Biden administration during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden cabinet members, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, testified about the American Jobs Plan, the administration's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that has yet to win over a single Republican in Congress. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Pool/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Republicans in Congress are out of step with the American public on climate

Monday, May 10, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden walks past solar panels while touring the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in Plymouth, New Hampshire, U.S., June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

What to expect from Biden’s first climate conference

Raman Preet Kaur, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Samantha Gross, Nathan Hultman, Joseph W. Kane, Christina Kwauk, and Sanjay Patnaik

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A wind farm shares space with corn fields the day before the Iowa caucuses, where agriculture and clean energy are key issues, in Latimer, Iowa, U.S. February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Around the halls: What should the Biden administration prioritize in its climate policy?

Samantha Gross, David G. Victor, Sadie Frank, Addisu Lashitew, Nathan Hultman, Jenny Schuetz, Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, Christina Kwauk, Barry G. Rabe, Amar Bhattacharya, and Sanjay Patnaik

Monday, November 23, 2020

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The debate stage is prepared to the 2020 vice presidential debate between U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., October 7, 2020. Justin Sullivan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo

10 questions for Trump and Biden during their final debate

Samantha Gross, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Thomas Wright

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: The CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery container ship sits docked during its official inauguration in Le Havre, France September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Heavy transport is a big carbon emitter — how can we change course?

Samantha Gross and Jennifer Perron

Thursday, October 1, 2020