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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.

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Communities & Climate: A New Way to Measure Vulnerability

Expert BlogMarissa Ramirez
What decisions need to be collectively made to withstand climate change while centering climate justice and equity? How can solutions be developed that underscore climate vulnerability and chart a new path on which all people can be included?

Paris Agreement Rulebook: Tracking Financial Flows

Expert BlogHan Chen
The key tasks for the next few years are to (1) ramp up climate finance through the Green Climate Fund and other channels, (2) shift resources out of high-carbon projects into low-carbon activities across the economy, and (3) to make…

Paris Agreement Rulebook: Tracking Country Progress

Expert BlogJake Schmidt
One of the key elements of the decisions in Poland were rules around the "Transparency and Accountability" provisions to implement the Paris Agreement— how we will track progress and hold countries accountable to deliver their national and international climate commitments…

Where’s the (Better) Beef? Not at Wendy’s.

Expert BlogDavid Wallinga, MD
In the wake of big news from McDonald's, is Wendy's hoping to convince consumers it's acting meaningfully on antibiotic overuse without actually doing so?

The Year in Energy Savings, 2018

Expert BlogLauren Urbanek
Remarkable progress has been made to decrease the energy intensity of our appliances, equipment, and buildings, and we aren't stopping in 2019.

Road from Paris: India’s Progress Toward Its Climate Pledge

Expert BlogSameer Kwatra, Anjali Jaiswal
India, the third largest emitter, and one of the largest economies in the world, is key to the success of the unprecedented effort to combat climate change. At the historic Paris climate talks in 2015, India had made an ambitious…

DOE Stalls Clean Energy R&D: Risking Jobs & Competitiveness

Expert BlogJackie Wong, Madhur Boloor
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) may be sitting on approximately $600 million in Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) funding for clean energy research and development (R&D), despite clear and strong congressional guidance to invest public dollars in new technologies and…