Environment

At Climate Change Conference, More Time Is Needed To Reach A Deal

5:20am December 11, 2015

by Christopher Joyce

Negotiations at the Paris climate summit will be wrapping up soon and a global agreement is expected this weekend. A deal signed in Paris would come into being in 2020.

Environmental Activists Adjust Their Tactics Since First Climate Talks

7:12pm December 10, 2015

by Christopher Joyce

It's been 17 years since the Koyto climate talks. What have environmental groups learned about advocacy, lowering expectations and the realities of international politics, government and business?

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The round-trip flight that NPR's Ari Shapiro took to Paris emitted about a ton of greenhouse gases. Offsetting it cost a dollar, and he was given a white lanyard for his conference ID with the words "Climate Neutral Now" showing his trip was carbon-neutra

How To Stay Carbon-Neutral When Getting To Paris Is Carbon-Costly

6:28pm December 10, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

Tens of thousands of people flew to Paris for the U.N. climate summit. Flying emits a lot of carbon. How to deal with the contradiction? NPR's Ari Shapiro finds one answer. It cost a dollar.

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Postcard From Paris: Meet The Matchmaker Of Clean Technology

5:49pm December 10, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

The Climate Technology Centre and Network is like a green-tech dating agency. Nations with problems are matched with those that have solutions. More than 40 countries so far submitted help requests.

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Delegates attend a plenary session at the COP21 United Nations Climate Conference.

Dear U.N., Why Is It Mainly A Man's World At The Climate Conference?

5:12pm December 10, 2015

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told women to "get cross" if they see gender inequality. The male-female ratio at the Paris Climate Conference makes our writers very "cross."

Scientific Evidence Doesn't Support Global Warming, Sen. Ted Cruz Says

10:00pm December 09, 2015

There's a huge partisan divide on the issue of global warming in the U.S. Steve Inskeep talks to the Texas senator and GOP presidential candidate about his views on climate change.

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Deadline Nears For Negotiators To Reach Deal On Climate Change

9:56pm December 09, 2015

by Christopher Joyce

At the U.N. climate summit in Paris, negotiators have 48 hours until their deadline to reach a deal on global warning. NPR has the latest from the summit.

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Douglas Tompkins started The North Face in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood in 1966. He later eschewed the business world to focus on environmentalism, purchasing large swaths of land for conservation in Chile and Argentina.

North Face Founder Douglas Tompkins Dies In Kayaking Accident In Chile

5:40pm December 09, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Tompkins created The North Face and co-founded Esprit, but abandoned the business world to devote himself to environmental causes. He was 72.

President Obama addresses the opening ceremony of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) on Nov. 30.

Much Of The World Perplexed That Climate Debate Continues In U.S.

5:23pm December 09, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

The 20th century's biggest carbon emitter is also one of the few advanced democracies where climate change is not accepted as fact. This makes it hard for some to trust U.S. efforts on the issue.

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De Brum says that the long-term goal of the climate summit, keeping temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius, would still be a disaster for his country. Its slogan is "1.5 to stay alive." He's shown here at a 2013 climate meeting in the Marshall Isla

For The Marshall Islands, The Climate Goal Is '1.5 To Stay Alive'

5:22pm December 09, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

The islands have more to lose than most any country at the Paris climate summit. Some territory is already disappearing under rising seas. The foreign minister explains the predicament.