Rising seas besieging China ’s economically vital coastal zones. Mighty feats of infrastructure, like the Three Gorges Dam and railway in Tibet , strained by turbulent rainfall and the melting Continue Reading
French police officers patrol in front of the entrance at the venue for the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 29, 2015. Senior Continue Reading
The single most important benchmark underpinning this week’s talks in Paris on climate change —two degrees Celsius—has guided climate-treaty discussions for decades, but scientists are at odds on the relevance Continue Reading
PARIS—President Barack Obama and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will launch a multi-billion-dollar initiative Monday to accelerate clean-energy research and development as part of a global effort to fight climate change. Continue Reading
Who is attending and what are they trying to achieve? About 40,000 ministers, officials, business executives, climate campaigners and journalists are expected to descend on the Le Bourget airfield convention Continue Reading
President Obama and more than 100 world leaders will convene with thousands of diplomats on Monday on the outskirts of Paris to open two weeks of intense negotiations aimed at Continue Reading
Photo Credit James Yang for The New York Times As of this October, the Earth had warmed by about 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880, when tracking began at a global Continue Reading
Air pollution in Beijing reached hazardous levels on Saturday as smog engulfed large parts of China despite efforts to clean up the foul air. At noon, the U.S. Embassy in Continue Reading
France has offered a key concession to the US on the eve of historic climate talks in Paris, saying a new global climate accord will not be called a “treaty” Continue Reading
The Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau has started soliciting public opinion about its sixth phase emissions standard, the world’s strictest, due to be implemented starting Dec. 1, 2017. The new standard, Continue Reading
