Climate Change

Traffic flows at dusk with the downtown Houston skyline in the background as night falls on America's fastest growing large city October 3, 2008. Even after Hurricane Ike smashed thousands of windows in Houston's skyscrapers last month, times could not be much better in the Petro Metro. While the ill wind of economic turmoil sweeps across America, Houston has been shielded by a combination of low housing prices, a sagging U.S. dollar and surging profits for energy companies based here. Picture taken October 3. To match feature USA-HOUSTON REUTERS/Richard Carson (UNITED STATES) - RTX9IQ8

Far from the White House, the energy industry remains focused on climate

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

The Arc de Triomphe is illuminated in green with the words "Paris Agreement is Done", to celebrate the Paris U.N. COP21 Climate Change agreement in Paris

Mr. Trump’s climate decision

Monday, March 6, 2017

A Women carries fire wood on her head as she walks below Eskom's Elecricity pylons in Soweto, South Africa. August 8,2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RTSMORN

Foresight Africa : participez à la conversation sur les priorités importante pour l’Afrique en 2017

Friday, March 3, 2017

Cattle graze in Lake Naivasha, the only fresh water ecosystem in the eastern Rift Valley, June 4, 2009, which is drying up due to the drought and pollution caused by large-scale flower farming. World Environment Day (WED) 2009 will be commemorated June 5, under the theme "Your Planet Needs You, Unite to Combat Climate Change". WED is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY ANIMALS) - RTR24A1C

Point de vue prospectif sur l’Afrique : des politiques à petite échelle, mais à grand impact pour lutter contre les changements climatiques en 2017

Ousseynou Nakoulima

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Solar array on Brookings Institution's roof

Brookings Institution’s rooftop solar energy array promotes sustainability

Steven J. Bennett

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

The Eiffel tower is illuminated in green with the words "Paris Agreement is Done", to celebrate the Paris U.N. COP21 Climate Change agreement in Paris, France, November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen - RTX2RZ42

American soft power, the Paris Agreement, and climate finance under Trump

Timmons Roberts and Caroline Jones

Friday, February 24, 2017

A crop-eating armyworm is seen on a sorghum plant at a farm in Settlers, northern province of Limpopo, February 8,2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RTX30IWG

Figure of the week: Armyworm, locusts, and drought in Southern and East Africa

Thursday, February 16, 2017

A Syrian refugee child collects water during rainy weather at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria December 18, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

How the Syrian refugee crisis affected land use and shared transboundary freshwater resources

Jim Yoon, Marc F. Muller, and Steven Gorelick

Monday, February 13, 2017

Long boats make are seen from a helicopter at Lake Chad near the Chad capital N'Djamena during a visit by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon September 7, 2007.REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra(CHAD) - RTR1TK7J

Figure of the week: The shrinking Lake Chad

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Cars travel north towards Los Angeles on Interstate highway 5 in San Diego, California February 10, 2016. (REUTERS/Mike Blake).

Can President Trump roll back the Obama emissions and fuel efficiency standards for light-duty vehicles?

Friday, February 3, 2017