On the Ground at COP27: Tallying Payments and Progress

November 11, 2022

The 27th UN convention on climate change, known as COP27, is now underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. For the first time the agenda includes loss...

Kamala Harris and Gina McCarthy: Views From The Inside

November 4, 2022

It’s been a big year for U.S. climate policy. Three major pieces of legislation: the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS and Science Act...

Anand Giridharadas: Persuaders in a Hot and Polarized World

October 28, 2022

When’s the last time you changed your mind about something important? 

In a democracy, meaningful change often requires adapting views and...

Two Hemispheres, One Story: Reporting on Rising Seas

October 21, 2022

An undeniable reality of the climate crisis is that poorer countries in the Global South are experiencing climate-induced disasters first and...

Bonus COP27 Preview: Egyptian Ambassador Wael Aboulmagd

October 14, 2022

The Paris Agreement requires every country to declare their own nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, for reducing emissions. Last year at...

Countdown to COP27: Feeling the Heat

October 14, 2022

The United Nations Conference of the Parties, or COP, is the annual, international climate summit that began in Rio de Janeiro back in 1992. This...

Political Climate: The Midterm Forecast

October 7, 2022

With the US midterm elections looming, the window for enacting meaningful climate policy may be closing. November’s elections will decide which...

Risky Business: Underinsured Against Climate Disaster

September 30, 2022

Home and property insurance is complicated and typically boring – until a disaster happens to you. In recent years, hundreds of thousands of...

The Inflation Reduction Act Passed. Now What?

September 23, 2022

In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The IRA allocates around $370 billion over ten years to invest in...

Molly Wood on Tech, Money and Survival

September 16, 2022

After a 20-year career as a tech reporter for CNET and the public radio program Marketplace, Molly Wood has come to see the climate crisis as an...