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The sun sets beyond machinery at a Kiewit Offshore Services construction site in Ingleside, Texas on July 18, 2022. Kiewit is manufacturing an offshore oil drilling platform called 'Vito' for the Shell company, which, upon completion, will be installed in the Gulf of Mexico to extract petroleum for gasoline resources. (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

The climate bill’s oil and gas provisions are a worthwhile tradeoff

Samantha Gross · Thursday, August 4, 2022

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) references a domestic gas price chart during a hearing with oil executives before the Committee on Energy and Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Politicians need to square with the American people on gasoline prices

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

A shared bicycle station is partially submerged in high water in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia on October 29, 2021 during heavy rains and high tides (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Climate change creates financial risks. Investors need to know what those are.

Michael Panfil and David G. Victor

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

A member of Al B'doul, a local Bedouin tribe during a foggy weather, seen inside the ancient city of Petra, one of Jordan's national treasures and its best-known tourist attraction. On Friday, February 9, 2019, in Petra, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Climate change may devastate the Middle East. Here’s how governments should tackle it.

Monday, March 14, 2022

Glasgow, UK - November 5th 2021: Activists at COP26 Youth March

The climate conundrum

Dennis J. Snower

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

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

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