Without federal support, California may be the first domino to fall, as a polarized nation moves to take the economic reality of climate change into its own hands.
From national security to home insurance, the president has quickly changed America’s climate adaptation policies in important ways.
For more than 20 years, the agreement between the U.S. and Australia has operated on a simple principle: Located in opposite hemispheres, the two countries’ fire seasons have historically been asynchronous, allowing the side with less fire activity to send firefighting personnel or equipment to the other.
Trump has scoffed at the increasingly dire warnings of these scientists and declared his enthusiasm for digging up and burning the coal, oil and gas that is overheating Earth. His empowerment of the far right dims prospects for collective solutions to collective problems, but what is he likely to change about US climate policy?
President Trump’s wave of executive orders yesterday sent an undeniable signal to the world about the United States’ role in fighting climate change.
Researchers have uncovered troubling trends of increasing power outages during severe weather events across the United States. This comprehensive study stresses the urgent need for communities to adapt and prepare for the escalating impacts of climate change on essential services.
The Paris agreement is complex and works in a slow bureaucratic manner. It’s a mostly voluntary climate pact originally written in ways that would both try to reduce a worsening climate change problem and withstand the changing political winds in the United States.
The California fires erupted amid extremely dry conditions. UCLA scientists say extreme heat linked to climate change was a factor in the fires' intensity.
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, has called on the United States of America to take its commitments under international law seriously, and carefully consider the ramifications of its intended withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
Each of us has a voice, a sphere of influence, a vote, and actionable steps—each of us can play a part in the treatment plan.
U.S. climate funders, led by Bloomberg Philanthropies, are stepping in to fulfill America’s global climate obligations after President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.