The mantra has been: Limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or risk climate catastrophe. But at COP27, there are concerns about backsliding.
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A Clash Over Degrees: How Hot Should Nations Allow the Earth to Get?
The mantra has been: Limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or risk climate catastrophe. But at COP27, there are hints of backsliding.
World Population Reaches 8 Billion, UN Says
The rapid population growth has been driven by the world’s poorest countries. More global challenges are ahead.
At COP27, Biden Casts America as Climate Leader, While Activists Push Him to Do More
At climate talks in Egypt, President Biden apologized for his predecessor’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement.
Can the Rhine River Be Saved From Climate Change?
Germany has embarked on an ambitious and expensive effort to preserve the river’s historical role as a vital transportation link. But will it work?
After 4 Sons Vanish, Their Mother Devotes Her Life to Mexico’s Missing
Over 100,000 people are missing in Mexico, but even amid this national agony, one mother’s story stands out both for the scope of her suffering and for her work trying to end the nation’s nightmare.
Biden’s COP27 Climate Message Might Not Be the One the World Wants
The president is expected to hail the new U.S. climate law on Friday at the COP27 summit in Egypt. Other countries want to talk money.
Your Wednesday Briefing: The U.S. Votes
Plus Europe makes climate pledges and Kenya discloses details of a Chinese railroad contract.
Rich Countries Offer Funds for Climate Loss and Damage After Decades of Resistance
Several European leaders at COP27 announced funds to help poor nations recover from loss and damage caused by climate change. The United States was silent.
At COP27, World Leaders Urge Faster Action on Climate Change
On the first day of COP27, the U.N. climate talks, world leaders urged each other to move faster to cut the pollution that is warming the planet while recognizing the war in Ukraine’s global energy effects and the unequal effects of climate change to d…