List of Climate Change articles
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Shafts of sunlight beam down from behind clouds in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2019. The Pandemic’s 5 Silver Linings
The coronavirus has exacted a terrible toll—but some good things may come of it yet.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses with a toy wind wheel during the opening of the Arkona wind park in Sassnitz, northern Germany, on April 16, 2019. Has the Coronavirus Disappeared Climate Politics?
Europe’s pandemic bailouts are trying to save the continent’s economy. Less clear is if they can save the planet.
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Environmental activists rally for accountability for fossil fuel companies outside of New York Supreme Court on Oct. 22, 2019 in New York City. Oil Price Crash Revives Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaigns
Climate activists say this is the moment for colleges and major institutions to dump their investments.
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Cambodians dry fish in a village along the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh in 2019, the year the country faced one of the worst droughts in modern history. In the Mekong, a Confluence of Calamities
Drought coupled with the coronavirus pandemic spells danger for food security.
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Fabio Berlusconi participates in the Iditarod The Last Great Race
Climate change has altered Alaska’s landscape, and the experiences of Arctic mushers are the canary in the coal mine.
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Climate activists protest in New York City on Oct. 22, 2019. Earth Day at 50 Reveals What’s Missing in Climate Change Fight
The Earth Day jubilee is reason to celebrate the dramatic progress in cleaning up the environment—and draw the right lessons for the fight against climate change.
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School students gather to demand action on climate change in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 20, 2019. Sorry, but the Virus Shows Why There Won’t Be Global Action on Climate Change
Extreme measures to fight the coronavirus have raised activists’ hopes for similarly drastic action on global warming. Here’s why they’re wrong.
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A New York City police officer stands in fog after a water main break on Broadway in New York on Jan. 13. Obamacare for Geopolitics
The United States needs better insurance against attacks—whether by Mother Nature or human actors.
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Demonstrators hold up placards outside the Australian Open during a climate protest rally in Melbourne on Jan. 24. How to Broaden the Coalition Against Climate Change
There’s a limit to what any one company can do when it operates within a system in which oil, gas, and even coal use are still rising.
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Chloe Cushman illustration for Foreign Policy How Climate Change Has Supercharged the Left
Global warming could launch socialists to unprecedented power—and expose their movement’s deepest contradictions.
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A woman walks past a mural depicting a koala and firefighters in Melbourne, Australia Australians Are Ready to Break Out of the Cycle of Climate Change Denial
Catastrophic fires make it hard for media to stick to old narratives.
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New green deal green extended When the Green New Deal Goes Global
The left’s increasingly ambitious environmental agenda is rethinking the mechanics of the international economy.
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2020 for the Future
Fridays for Future took foreign policy out of the hands of bureaucrats and officials in 2019. Next year, Greta Thunberg’s movement could go further.
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IG-flugscham-flying-shame-decoder-germany-climate-martina-flor The Words That Explained the World in 2019
A look at terms from India and El Salvador to South Korea and Ukraine.
