List of Climate Change articles
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French farmers drive their tractors on the A71 highway in protest. Europe’s Farmer Protests Are Part of a Bigger Problem
The unrest exposes the trade-offs that governments must confront on climate policy.
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A satellite image shows the tiny island of Nauru in the South Pacific in June 1999. The dark blue ocean surrounds it, with a few clouds drifting into frame in the upper right corner. The Country With Nothing Left to Lose
In its quest for cash, the tiny island nation of Nauru has tried it all. Its latest scheme may be its riskiest bet yet.
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Two people a near a fallen tree in a flooded area. The Only Way to Make Climate Progress
Green technology and capital is concentrated in rich countries. Here’s how to address the north-south divide.
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A man stands with a water bottle in the sun during a heat wave in Algiers, Algeria, on July 18, 2023. The Death of the 1.5 Degree Climate Target
The current path of climate policy is at a dead end—a welcome opportunity to rethink.
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Children and women run among a cloud of dust in Ethiopia The World’s Biggest Risks for 2024 Are More Than Trump
A sober assessment is needed in a bleak time.
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Four workers in blue hardhats walk past a coal plant. One is smoking a cigarette. 2023 Was Another Record Year for Climate Change
As the world threatens to breach a critical global warming threshold, cooperation still seems to fall short.
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A soldier fighting for Ukraine stands in front of a destroyed monastery in Dolyna, Ukraine. FP Live Looks Back at 2023
Stephen Walt explains why countries are accusing America of hypocrisy.
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A green screen is shown with the words "United Nations Climate Change." The Key Takeaways From COP28
Here’s what the summit did—and didn’t—change.
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A lone wind turbine spins in front of exhaust plumes billowing into a hazy gray sky from five cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Germany. What Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels Really Means
The COP deal was a breakthrough, but subsidy policy will be key in achieving its goals.
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Tuvaluan Prime Minister Kausea Natano speaks at a podium during the COP28 climate conference in Dubai. Natano is a middle-aged man wearing glasses, a black suit, and a tie with the flag of his country printed on it. Behind him are the flags of the United Nations and the United Arab Emirates. The Deal That Exposes the Global North’s Flawed Approach to Climate Migration
A recent agreement between Australia and Tuvalu reveals the unfairness of incrementalism.
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris stands at a podium in front of a massive room of attendees at the COP28 conference in Dubai. A screen on the wall behind her shows a live video of her speech, and a large green circle hangs from the ceiling with the conference logo on it. At the edges of the logo is text reading: "Unite. Act. Deliver." Good COP or Bad COP?
The future of fossil fuels took center stage at this year’s controversy-laden U.N. climate summit.
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The United Nations climate change conference, which takes place from Nov. 20 until Dec. 12 in Dubai, on Nov. 30. How the Fight Against Climate Change Is All About Money
Rajiv Shah on the progress—and hurdles—toward unlocking large amounts of cash for clean energy.
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High-tide flooding and debris cover a road in the Marshall Islands. The Marshall Islands Need a Marshall Plan
For low-lying island states, seas are rising a lot faster than aspirations.
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U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks about tripling the use of nuclear energy at COP28 in Dubai on Dec. 2. COP28’s Dramatic but Empty Nuclear Pledge
A 22-nation promise to triple nuclear energy would slash emissions—if major obstacles can be removed.
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Then-Secretary of State John Kerry talks with China’s special representative on climate change, Xie Zhenhua, during the COP21 climate change summit in Le Bourget, north of Paris. The Climate Envoys Who Could
John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua have forged a close working relationship as the superpowers they represent have drifted apart.
