Climate Change

Two girls study in a classroom.

Why is girls’ education important for climate action?

Christina Kwauk

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Rice field in Thailand, Prematurely dried out due to lack of rain.

It’s critical that we invest in better global weather and climate observations

Johannes F. Linn, Anthony Rea, Markus Repnik, and Laura Tuck

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Please ride motorcycles through a flooded road in Cihanjuang Village.Landslides occurred due to heavy rainfall and unstable soil conditions, at least the latest data caused 18 people injured, 12 people died and dozens of others still missing. (Photo by Algi Febri Sugita / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

What climate change will mean for US security and geopolitics

John R. Allen and Bruce Jones

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Solar panels with high rise buildings in the distance

Secular stagnation, climate action, and the natural rate of interest

Martin Raiser and Sebastian Eckardt

Thursday, February 4, 2021

A diesel pump is pictured at a gas station in Lagos, Nigeria September 10, 2019. Picture taken September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Figures of the week: Carbon taxes can fuel green economic recovery and reduce income inequality

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Steam rises out of chimneys at the Big Bend Power Station owned and operated by Tech Energy in Apollo Beach, Florida U.S., August 14, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Climate politics: What congressional Democrats can learn from state legislatures

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Tianjin/China-April 12,2020:Smoking chimneys of a power plant, located beside a fishing village.

To support climate action, growth measures should count planetary damages

Monday, January 25, 2021

MOSCOW, RUSSIA JANUARY 7, 2021: Work underway to clean up a former dumping ground at the construction site of Moscow State Universitys Vorobyovy Gory Innovative Science and Technology Center (INTTs). The site with an area of 300,000 square metres is expected to be cleaned up in one and a half months. The project is unofficially referred to as research and technology valley or science valley. In 2019, the Russian government announced plans to establish 15 specialised scientific and educational centres (referred to as valleys) based at Russias leading universities as part of the Nauka Project. Vorobyovy Gory Innovative Science and Technology Centre will be granted special legal regimes and tax breaks similar to those granted to Skolkovo. Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS.No use Russia.

Disrupting the waste management industry through technology

Sanjay Patnaik and Michael Allegretti

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Girl holds a globe above her head.

How can we implement education for climate action and climate justice?

Christina Kwauk

Monday, January 11, 2021

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on December 1, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. As Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess for the lame duck session, the 7-day average for confirmed COVID-19 cases in America is holding above 150,000. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Who is—and isn’t—represented in environmental oversight in Congress

Mohammed Memfis, Molly E. Reynolds, and Jackson Gode

Monday, December 28, 2020