Climate change affects so many human systems that events in the news often have a climate connection. This feed will provide background notes and climate context on the latest science, weather, government, and business news.
Today at 10 am ET, the House Subcommittees on Environment and Oversight will hold a hearing on the social cost of carbon (SCC). The SCC is a figure that represents the damage done to public health and the environment by the …
In October 2016, nations reached a deal to limit the climate impact of the aviation sector.
Chinese government and health officials underscored at a Monday press conference in Beijing the importance of following the recently updated national dietary guidelines, which recommend reducing meat consumption by 50 percent. Health and climate change experts stressed that current levels …
From November 22 to December 17, Climate Nexus tracked domestic op-eds and editorials reacting to COP21 in Paris. Editorial boards were largely supportive of the outcome and process of the summit, with over four times more positive than negative editorials. Similarly, for op-eds, the positive outweighed the negative by a factor of three (methodology below).
The Paris Agreement was adopted by all Parties to the UNFCCC in December 2015, but there are several formal steps to go through before the Agreement enters into force in international law.
The Clean Energy Ministerial is an international forum for advancing collaboration and promoting concrete actions that accelerate the transition to renewable energy. Twenty-three nations including the United States, India and China, along with the European Commission will participate.