In One Speech, China Just Grabbed the Mantle of Global Climate Leadership From the USATo kick off the Davos World Economic Forum this week, Chinese president Xi Jinping delivered a speech to a packed...
How Much Damage Can Trump Actually Do to Global Climate Efforts?First, the bad news: The US is very important to the Paris Agreement. If Donald Trump chooses not to enforce...
If Present Trends Continue, China May Become a Sustainable Development Success Story. (Really!)In a year already characterized by global political uncertainty—and waning confidence in U.S. climate policy—China is posed to assume the...
5 International Climate Stories to Watch in 20172016 was a historic year in the world’s struggle to address climate change. The fine details of the Paris Agreement...
11 Stories that Will Drive the Global Agenda in 2017These are the trends, events, elections and happenings that will drive the global conversation in 2017. Welcome to our annual...
Why Donald Trump Probably Wont Wreck the Paris Climate AgreementAs Americans headed to the polls on election day, diplomats from around the world headed to Marrakech, Morocco for the...
A bevy of UN Officials Just Lent their Support to the Standing Rock ProtestersIn the middle of North Dakota, a coalition of environmental activists and Native Americans have been protesting for weeks to...
Air Pollution is Probably Much More Dangerous Than You Think. Especially for KidsAir pollution is deadly. It doesn’t generally cause deaths directly. Instead, it’s an exacerbating factor, contributing to lung diseases like...
Here’s What Happens When Thousands of Fireworks are Set Off in the World’s Most Polluted CityResidents of the Indian capital Delhi woke up this morning to record-breaking smog suffocating the city. Millions of people last...