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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

Protesters outside Lloyds Bank at COP 26 in Glasgow

Climate change will pose a huge disruption. Are the world’s banks ready?

David G. Victor and Michael Panfil

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

The construction site of a Light Rail Transit (LRT) line is seen along the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia February 22, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken February 22, 2018. Antara Foto/Risky Andrianto/via REUTERS

Infrastructure in the developing world is a planetary furnace. Here’s how to cool it.

Wednesday, November 10, 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

A water quality monitoring micro station in operation at the North Second Ring Road moat in North China's Beijing, 23 August 2021.

Rebuilding US-Chinese cooperation on climate change: The science and technology opportunity

David G. Victor

Thursday, October 28, 2021

FILE PHOTO: CO2 storage tanks are seen at a cement plant and carbon capture facility in Wuhu, Anhui province, China September 11, 2019. Picture taken September 11, 2019. REUTERS/David Stanway/File Photo

Net zero carbon pledges have good intentions. But they are not enough.

Monday, October 25, 2021

The ruins of a monastery are seen after a riverbank collapsed in Ta Dar U village, Bago, Myanmar.

Competing over climate: Myanmar’s valuable and climate-vulnerable geography

Monday, October 18, 2021

Volunteer Elizabeth Murray helps hand water to local residents at Butler Stadium after the city of Houston implemented a boil water advisory following an unprecedented winter storm in Houston, Texas, U.S., February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

How the SEC can protect investors, companies, and the public from another Texas power crisis

Gabriel Malek, Stephanie H. Jones, Michael Panfil, and David G. Victor

Friday, June 18, 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

An American Flag waves where a home in the Sea Breeze Resort in Islamorada, Florida, used to stand onSep 14, 2017. The home was destroyed when Hurricane Irma brought high winds and flooding to the area destroying most of the homes in the community.Usp News Hurricane Irma Usa Fl

Are federal disaster policies making the harmful impacts of climate change even worse?

Sadie Frank, Eric Gesick, and David G. Victor

Friday, March 26, 2021

An aerial view of a flooded sector of the border city of Matamoros after being hit by Hurricane Dolly July 24, 2008. U.S. forecasters downgraded Dolly to a tropical depression on Thursday as it dissipated over South Texas. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO)

New research exposes the harsh realities of hurricanes in a warmer world

Eric Gesick, Sadie Frank, and David G. Victor

Monday, December 21, 2020

The area around houses is seen flooded due to Hurricane Dorian in St. Augustine, Florida, U.S., September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona

Making climate policy stick

David G. Victor, Sadie Frank, and Eric Gesick

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

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

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