Climate change
Analysis of the science, politics and economics of the climate
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Don’t fret over China’s new climate targets
The ambitions of its clean-tech industry matter more than any humdrum pledges
How much trouble is the world’s biggest offshore-wind developer in?
Orsted is suffering from Donald Trump’s grudge against “windmills”
Donald Trump, friend of the EV?
His policies may ultimately help Detroit go electric
Pregnant women need protecting from heatwaves
As temperatures rise, so must understanding of the risks
Politics
Donald Trump’s war on renewables
A not-quite-total eclipse of the solar
The humbling of green Europe
Europe’s hard right is pushing the continent’s climate consensus hard. The response so far is tepid
The world court joins the fight over climate change
Its ruling that burning fossil fuels can be “internationally wrongful” risks provoking a backlash
Sand, sun and stench
Rotting seaweed is stinking up Caribbean beaches
Business and finance
The remarkable rise of “greenhushing”
Businesses once trumpeted their climate goals. Now they are quietly plugging away
California’s carbon market reaches an inflection point
With ramifications for the West Coast and beyond
The green promises of Colombia’s president ring ever more hollow
Costly imported gas? Sure! Big gas discovery? Great!
Carbon emissions from tourism are rising disproportionately fast
The industry is failing to make itself greener
Science and data
A burning threat to pregnant women
Alarming new research on the link between heat and dangerous pregnancies
The shutdown of ocean currents could freeze Europe
When climate change poses a strategic threat, it needs a strategic response
Smoke from boreal wildfires could cool the Arctic
But the damage such blazes cause outweighs their benefits
Earth’s climate is approaching irreversible tipping points
Scientists are racing to work out just how close they might be
