List of Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Missing the Peace for the Trees
Natural resources play a role in nearly half of the world's conflicts, but when it comes to ending wars, they're almost always forgotten.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An Astonishing Year for the War on Global Poverty
2015 ended with a flurry of groundbreaking summits that reinvigorated the fight to end poverty and halt climate change. In 2016, we must capitalize on these gains.
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Medical personnel look for survivors following a reported airstrike on the Tariq al-Bab district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 1, 2014. Syrian government and opposition delegations leave 10 days of peace talks with few results and a follow-up meeting uncertain, but analysts and negotiators say the discussions are an important beginning. AFP PHOTO/Mohammed Al-khatieb (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-KHATIEB/AFP/Getty Images) What Will Be the Big Story of 2016?
From new flu strains to refugees to Obama’s final moments as U.S. president, FP’s Voices predict a year of big change and challenges.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How the ‘Ninja Lanternshark’ Got Its Name
Four children and a shark researcher spoke in a Google Hangout. The rest is taxonomic history.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Who Is Really Putting Nepal Back Together?
Half a year after Nepal's devastating earthquake, its the smaller community organizations that are helping the country rebuild, while the giants of disaster relief lag behind.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The 19th-Century Savior for 21st-Century Climate Change
The negotiators in Paris should've asked: What would Alexander von Humboldt do?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Dirty Secret of the Paris Climate Deal
In order to hit the goal of warming “well below” 2 degrees Celsius, we’re relying on a host of unproven, risky future technologies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Good COP, Bad COP on Global Climate Accord
The hard-fought Paris agreement is a huge improvement over the failed Kyoto Protocol. But by itself, it won’t be enough to forestall rising temperatures or looming disasters.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 We Are the Climate Change Complacency We Seek
Politicians in Paris didn’t accomplish nearly enough. And they won’t until a more focused environmental movement makes them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Global Climate Change Talks Achieve Far-Ranging Accord
In Paris, more than 190 countries reach historic agreement to reduce greenhouse gases
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Plan from Paris to Save the World
What did 195 countries come up with during the most important climate conference the world has ever seen? Here are the things worth noting.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is There a Way to Solve the American Fight Over Climate Change?
The knock-down, drag-out brawl over global warming in the United States may be daunting, but it's not insurmountable.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Who Is Going to Pay to Save the World?
As the Paris climate talks wind down, success is riding on whether the world can agree on how to split the check.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The End of Coal*
As the world finalizes a plan in Paris to fight climate change, the future of coal is looking grim. *But it might be a long slow death.