climate

Revisiting a climate pledge made more than a decade ago that has fallen short

5:20am November 08, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Saleemul Huq of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development about a promise that rich nations would channel $100 billion a year to less wealthy nations.

A ghost forest seen on Hunting Island, S.C.

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Rising sea levels threaten the lives and livelihood of those on a fragile U.S. coast

8:03pm November 07, 2021

by Barry Gordemer

Climate change's impact on a South Carolina community can be told through the stories of a dying forest, a fisherman with no bait and a queen fighting to protect a way of life on ancestral land.

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As water levels dropped in the marshlands this summer, the marsh water became too salty for the water buffalo to drink.

In Iraq's famed marshlands, climate change is upending a way of life

10:11am November 07, 2021

by Ruth Sherlock

Drought and extreme heat that scientists link to climate change are altering the UNESCO-protected marshlands. Iraq's average annual temperatures are increasing at nearly double the rate of Earth's.

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Climate activists carry out hunger strike in D.C.

6:07pm November 06, 2021

by Jeffrey Pierre

A small band of passionate climate activists feel so desperate about the climate crisis that they've launched a hunger strike to pressure lawmakers to commit to reducing greenhouse gases.

Demonstrators march in Glasgow to demand action on climate change

5:24pm November 06, 2021

by Frank Langfitt

Environmentalists plan a "Day of Protest" in Glasgow on Saturday to show their disgust to what they say is a tepid response of world leaders to the climate crisis.

Climate activists march in Sydney during a COP26 protest on Saturday that was one of several demonstrations held around the world.

Thousands protest in Glasgow and around the world for action against climate change

4:01pm November 06, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

With one week of the COP26 conference left, people worldwide participated in protests in support of climate change action. Activists say that pledges to cut carbon emissions don't go far enough.

Environmentalists stage large protests in Glasgow, demanding more from COP26

2:56pm November 06, 2021

by Frank Langfitt

Environmentalists are expected to stage large protests are expected in Glasgow, Scotland, today, demanding more action to combat climate change.

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Simon Martinez, ranch manager of the Ute Mountain Ute Farm and Ranch, poses for a portrait.

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Drought is forcing farmers in Colorado to make tough choices

12:26pm November 06, 2021

by Nina Kravinsky

Farms in southwest Colorado are coping with a drought worsened by climate change. It means a big reduction in irrigated water for crops. Conditions this year, one farm manager says, are "the worst."

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Solar farms surround trees at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. The city voted Wednesday night to decarbonize the city's buildings and install more energy efficient appliances and more solar panels. The city says the move will cut 40% of their carbon emi

To fight climate change, Ithaca votes to decarbonize its buildings by 2030

7:53am November 06, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

Decarbonizing involves installing things from solar panels to switching out gas stoves for electric stoves. The effort to decarbonize buildings will cut the city's carbon dioxide output by 40%.

Young people are protesting in Glasgow, demanding concrete action at climate summit

4:55pm November 05, 2021

by Frank Langfitt

Young people from around the world are protesting over world leaders' response to climate change at the UN's climate summit in Glasgow on Friday.

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