Dec 13 Watch 4:00 What does the landmark climate change accord mean for the U.S.? By PBS News Hour Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York Michael Levi joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the climate change summit deal reached in Paris. Continue watching
Dec 13 Obama optimism on climate pact tempered by GOP opposition By Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the newly passed international climate change agreement as a major achievement that could help turn the tide on global warming, but the immediate reaction of leading Republican critics was a… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 10:00 To run completely on clean energy, Denmark harnesses wind power By PBS News Hour In Denmark, officials have taken strides to minimize the effects of climate change by converting from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. Over the next 35 years, the country aspires to become the first nation… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 4:03 How is the world reacting to the ‘ambitious’ climate deal reached in Paris? By PBS News Hour Negotiators from nearly every country in the world unanimously agreed to a landmark agreement Saturday to combat climate change, pledging to reduce their emissions from burning fossil fuels. It's the first-ever climate pact to commit all countries to take action. Continue watching
Dec 12 Obama: The world ‘met the moment’ in reaching climate change deal By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Obama, speaking from the White House, said the leaders from nearly 200 nations working in Paris "met the moment" in agreeing to what is being described as the most ambitious climate change agreement in history. He said the world can… Continue reading
Dec 12 White House hails ‘most ambitious climate change agreement in history’ By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The White House is praising what it calls "the most ambitious climate change agreement in history" after the United States and nearly 200 other countries backed the deal in Paris. Continue reading
Dec 08 Column: We are the last generations able to stop climate change By Rachel Kyte What we need from Paris is an agreement that includes all countries and leaves no one behind. This means that it should be clear in its ambition, sending the strongest signal possible to all economic decision makers that we are… Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch How an environmental group is trying to clean up China’s pollution problem By PBS News Hour China, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, has paid a great environmental price for becoming the world's factory. But experts say there is growing political will in Beijing to tackle the crisis. Special correspondent Fred de Sam… Continue watching
Dec 05 Column: In Paris, too much focus on the ‘politically feasible,’ too little on the environment By Oliver Geden The international climate summit in Paris -- and the process that led to it -- marks a fundamental paradigm shift in international climate policy. Today, the focus is no longer primarily on the problem itself -- dangerous human interference with… Continue reading
Dec 04 World news quiz: Pope visits war zone and military makes historic shift By Larisa Epatko Pope Francis traveled to a war zone for the first time, world leaders congregated on the climate and U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced a historic change. Test your knowledge of these events and more in our 5-minute quiz. Continue reading