As a new Trump administration signals a retreat on climate action, China is stepping up. China is the biggest producer of climate technologies like electric vehicles and solar panels.
In the 2015 Paris Agreement, most countries agreed to try hard to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Delay and inaction mean that goal is becoming harder to achieve by the day.
Peatlands, formed by ancient wetlands, store more carbon than the world's forests. But when they're drained for farming, they vent heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air.
The Southern landscape now experiencing the effects of climate change has already seen centuries of loss of wild places due to human industry. Now, climate-change-strengthened storms threaten the pockets of older Southern ecologies that remain.
The world’s longest river is at its lowest levels ever due to devastating drought conditions. The dry conditions in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, have left tributaries and the vital waterway parched, stranding river communities, affecting commerce and livelihoods.
Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the world is still on track for severe climate change impacts, a new U.N. report finds. Countries will meet for international climate talks next month.
Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the Indigenous groups that fought to create it.
As climate change makes hurricanes stronger and more intense, island communities like Longboat Key are particularly susceptible to catastrophic damage from hurricanes. Residents say they are sticking around.