Climate Change

Nations, automakers vow to phase out emissions-producing cars by 2040

By Associated Press

The announcement, made Wednesday on the sidelines of the U.N. climate conference, was backed by countries including Canada, Chile, Denmark, India, New Zealand, Poland, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

How developing nations pay the price for climate goals missed by wealthier countries

By William Brangham, Sam Lane

At the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, world leaders are trying to reach new agreements and commitments toward reducing emissions and slowing the impacts of a warming planet. William Brangham reports from Glasgow on the key issue of…

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'Stay in the streets,' Ocasio-Cortez tells activists in Glasgow

By Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez brought her climate-celebrity star power to the U.N. climate talks, saying she hopes to see the United States reestablish itself as a world leader in the fight against global warming.

Need a refresher on what's happening in the final days of COP26? Watch this

By News Desk

William Brangham is at the climate summit all week and shared this dispatch.

Little Amal puppet appears at COP26 equality event

By Associated Press

The Little Amal puppet, representing a young Syrian girl, has been walked 8,000km across Europe in order to raise awareness about the plight of refugee girls.

COP26 agreements far cry from 1.5 goal, analysis finds

By Associated Press

The world has already warmed 1.1 to 1.2 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.

COP26 agreements so far won't reduce warming enough, independent analysis says

By Associated Press

The world has already warmed 1.1 to 1.2 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.

'We have only a few days left,' COP26 chair warns

By Associated Press

Alok Sharma said that the commitments made by countries in the first week of the talks narrowed the gap but weren’t enough. He said that countries now have to shift immediately to making good on those promises.

Russia aims to make its largest island carbon neutral by 2025

By Tanya Titova, Frank Jordans, Associated Press

Tree growth will absorb as much planet-warming carbon dioxide as the island’s half-million residents and its businesses produce, an idea the Russian government 4,000 miles to the west in Moscow hopes to apply to the whole country.

Russia launches forest plan as testing ground for climate action

By Tanya Titova, Frank Jordans, Associated Press

More than two-thirds of Sakhalin Island is forested. With the Kremlin’s blessing, authorities there have set an ambitious goal of making the island — Russia's largest — carbon neutral by 2025.