Climate

Eight years after his landmark letter on humanity’s obligation to protect the environment, Francis warns that there is still a…

All drainage systems have their limitations and New York City’s is 1.75 inches of rainfall per hour. Unfortunately for many…

Climate change has made hot, dry and windy conditions like those that fueled this year’s blazes at least twice as…

Liberal environmentalists and conservative landowners, led by the former congressman Steve King, are pressuring Republican candidates to block two huge…

Relatively simple measures like thermostat control, composting and switching to electric appliances can make a big difference.

Almost all climate finance focuses on mitigating climate change. But money is increasingly pouring in to helping people adapt to…

The speech by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to Chinese officials came as John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, urged Beijing…

Janet Yellen, the Treasury secretary, said China, the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, can have “greater impact” tackling climate change…

A yearlong freeze in climate talks appears to be ending as the United States and China, the world’s biggest polluters,…

The hosts of the United Nations global climate summit later this year aim to give fossil fuel companies a bigger…