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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she's confident inflation will ease next year

11:36am November 03, 2021

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she expects inflation pressures to ease in the latter half of next year. Yellen spoke to NPR from Scotland, where she's attending climate meetings.

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Aerial view of illegal deforestation at the Natural National Park in La Macarena, Meta Department, Colombia, in 2020.

Nations with 85% of Earth's forests pledge to reverse deforestation

10:55am November 02, 2021

by Scott Neuman

More than 100 countries have pledged to reverse the loss of crucial forestland needed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Karine Elharrar, Orna Barbivai and Meir Cohen from the Yesh Atid party arrive for consultations on the formation of a coalition government in Jerusalem on April 5, 2021.

Israel's energy minister couldn't enter COP26 because of wheelchair inaccessibility

7:30pm November 01, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

Energy minister Karine Elharrar says she was taken to several entrances on Monday, the first full day of the conference, but was unable to get inside from any of them.

President Biden delivers a speech during the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday.

Politics & Government

Biden announces a plan in Glasgow to help poorer countries with climate change

2:53pm November 01, 2021

by Brian Naylor

In a speech to the U.N. climate summit on Monday, President Biden laid out his strategy for reaching goals to curb emissions — and a plan to help developing countries adapt to climate change.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during the opening ceremony of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday.

Science

The U.N. chief warns that reliance on fossil fuels is pushing the world to the brink

2:05pm November 01, 2021

by Scott Neuman

At the opening of a United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, António Guterres says the world is "digging our own grave" by not acting more aggressively to mitigate climate change.

Activist Sufian Khatun worries that more frequent cyclones, triggered by climate change, will make her community in Bangladesh uninhabitable. Storm surges bring saline water into the river in the southwest part of the country where she lives, taking a tol

They call it 'climate injustice.' Here's how Sufia Khatun of Bangladesh is fighting it

8:43am October 31, 2021

by Dan Charles

Cyclones come more often and the sea is rising, says this activist. Livelihoods and lives are threatened. Here's what she'd like to tell the nations gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit.

Maria Laura Rojas, a climate activist from Bogota, at the outskirts of the city.

From a place of privilege, she speaks the truth about climate to power

7:58am October 30, 2021

by Dan Charles

Maria Laura Rojas admits that climate change has not had an impact on her own life. But with empathy and determination, she'll speak out for the most vulnerable at the COP26 summit.

A chart showing the large gap between greenhouse gas emissions under current policies and emissions needed to limit warming to around 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100.

Environment

These 4 charts explain why the stakes are so high at the U.N. climate summit

3:43pm October 29, 2021

How hot will the planet get? What nations negotiate at the international climate summit will help determine that. Here are 4 things to know about what's being decided.

Scientists warn the world needs to dramatically reduce fossil fuel use, but many countries still depend on coal power, like from the Wujing Coal-Electricity Power Station in Shanghai, China.

Environment

Nations are making new pledges to cut climate pollution. They aren't enough

9:15am October 26, 2021

by Lauren Sommer

Nations are beginning pivotal talks to stop extreme climate change, but a new study shows even recent pledges to slow emissions aren't enough.

Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, speaks to members of the media while departing the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 7. Manchin has reportedly told the White House that he opposes the key climate measure in Biden's multitrillion-dollar climate and soc

Politics & Government

Joe Manchin's objections to a clean energy program threaten Biden's climate promises

8:48pm October 16, 2021

by Eric McDaniel

The key climate element of President Biden's $3.5 trillion budget proposal appears to be in jeopardy, threatening environmental goals and global credibility.