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What U.S. withdrawal from Paris climate deal means for a warming planet
President Trump announced Monday that in a year, the U.S. will formally withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. The global accord was signed in 2015 by nearly 200 nations pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions to slow the planet’s warming.
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How our food is grown and consumed is making climate change worse. What can we do?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is warning of a devastating global feedback loop around how humans produce and consume food. A new report urges immediate action on agricultural practices that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, which exacerbate climate change…
Negotiators scramble on Paris climate accord fine print as summit nears end
The two-week U.N. climate summit in the southern Polish city of Katowice is scheduled to end Friday.
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Are the goals of the Paris Accord slipping out of reach?
As the annual UN Climate Change Conference takes place in Poland, a new report declares that global carbon dioxide emissions are rising even faster, at levels that make the goals of the Paris Accord increasingly difficult to achieve. William Brangham…
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke at the climate summit, which aims to work out how governments can report efforts to meet the goals laid out in the Paris accord.
The U.S. supported the language on reforming the World Trade Organization, but did not sign on to a commitment to support the Paris Climate Accord, which Trump is exiting.
People in the U.S. and more than 90 other countries planned to take to the streets in 800 towns and cities to call for immediate action on climate change.
Pope Francis told world oil executives Saturday that the transition to less-polluting energy sources “is a challenge of epochal proportions,” and warned that satisfying the globe’s energy needs “must not destroy civilization.”…
Macron defended his outreach to Trump, whose "America first" policies have elicited worry and disdain in Europe.
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