Four Climate Strategies That Could Reach Across Partisan Divides
Within the US, climate change is still a divisive issue. In Donald Trump, 71 million Americans voted for a candidate who denies and disputes climate science.
Facts Or Fake News: Revealing Patterns In The Tweets of Trudeau and Trump
There’s a significant difference in how the two leaders have talked about COVID-19 on Twitter. One has focused more on politics, while the other has focused on policy and public health.
How Much Do People Care About Climate Change? We Surveyed 80,000 People In 40 Countries To Find Out
New survey results from 40 countries shows that climate change matters to most people. In the vast majority of countries, fewer than 3% said climate change was not serious at all.
How Dystopian Narratives Can Incite Real-World Radicalism
Humans are storytelling creatures: the stories we tell have profound implications for how we see our role in the world, and dystopian fiction keeps growing in popularity.
Coronavirus Response Proves The World Can Act On Climate Change
In the past few weeks, governments around the world have enacted dramatic measures to mitigate the threat of COVID-19.
Will Billionaire Climate Philanthropists Always Be Part Of The Problem
Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO and the richest man alive, recently made headlines after pledging to donate $10 billion to a new “Bezos Earth Fund” to help combat climate change.
Revolutionary Change Needed To Stop Unprecedented Global Extinction Crisis
Nearly a million species face extinction if we do not fundamentally change our relationship with the natural world, according to the world’s largest assessment of biodiversity.
Climate Action Shouldn't Mean Choosing Between Personal And Political Responsibility
Can your individual behaviour make a real difference to the environment? And should you be expected to voluntarily change your life in the face of our worsening environmental crises?
Can The US Constitution Stop Government Officials From Lying To The Public?
When regular people lie, sometimes their lies are detected, sometimes they’re not. Legally speaking, sometimes they’re protected by the First Amendment – and sometimes not, like when they commit fraud or perjury.
The Dangers Of Depicting Greta Thunberg As A Prophet
As a researcher on the history of childhood, I’ve been disturbed to see Thunberg described and depicted as a prophet. To me, it risks distorting her message.
Lessons From The Hockey Rink Could Help Tackle Climate Change
The Auditor General of Ontario’s recent report found the province’s current climate change plan is not based on “sound evidence” and will fall well short of Ontario’s 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets.
To Win A Climate Election, Parties Need Ambition, Not Compromise With The Fossil Fuel Industry
The UK will go to the polls on December 12 for the third time in four years. Climate change didn’t make waves in previous elections, but this one may be different.
Evangelicals In Brazil See Abuse Of God's Earth As A Sin – But Will They Fight To Save The Amazon?
When the Brazilian city of São Paulo abruptly went dark at midday on Aug. 19, there was talk of the Apocalypse – not all of it in jest.
While New Twitter Policy Will Ban Green Groups' Climate Ads, Looks Like ExxonMobil Can Still Pay to Promote Its Propaganda
"These Twitter ads aren't just any political issue ads—they epitomize the art," according to a Harvard researcher who studies the oil giant.
A New Generation Of Leaders Understands That Individual Actions Won’t Fix Our Environmental Problems
By defining environmental citizenship as responsible consumption, sustainability advocates downplay the need for mass action to catalyze structural change.
Who’s Afraid Of Greta Thunberg?
The character of Greta Thunberg is part of a polarised global confrontation regarding climate change. Despite what her critics may say, her speeches have contributed to social mobilisation and awareness of the climate crisis and the future of the planet.
Canada's Liberals Make It Hard For Green Voters To Love Them
The recent appearance in the province of Ontario of Premier Doug Ford’s anti-carbon pricing gas pump stickers reinforced the central role environmental issues may play in this federal election campaign.
Mayors Of 94 Cities Are Taking The Green New Deal Global, As States Fail To Act On Climate Crisis
At the seventh World Mayor’s Summit in Copenhagen, leaders of 94 cities embraced a global Green New Deal, in an attempt to make the 2020s the defining decade in the fight against climate change.
Why Women’s Climate Leadership Is Vital
Women’s leadership won’t be a panacea for the overwhelming whiteness of climate leadership, but it’s a starting place.
The Gloves Are Off: Predatory Climate Deniers Are A Threat To Our Children
In this age of rapidly melting glaciers, terrifying megafires and ever more puissant hurricanes, of acidifying and rising oceans, it is hard to believe that any further prod to climate action is needed.
Reasserting Proper Relationships Of Accountability In The Age Of Greta
She sits small on the large stage, her face contorted trying to contain emotion as she labours to push her words out; on the brink of crying. She tells those listening:
What You Think You Know About The Climate Is Probably Wrong
We humans have a natural tendency to focus on negative stories. We tend to assume things are worse than they really are, and going downhill fast.
MSNBC’s Climate Forum 2020 Day 1 and 2

Included here is the complete coverage and some highlights of the Climate Forum 2020 as presented by MSNBC.
This Climate Strike Is Part of the Disruption We Need
“It can’t just be young people. It needs to be all of us.” Business as usual is what’s doing us in.
How The People Are Using News Avoidance To Escape The Post-truth World Of Politics
When war breaks out among the political class, as it has over Brexit, journalists are bound to get excited. It works the other way, too: excitement among journos puts the wind up the politicos.
China Is Positioned To Lead On Climate Change As The US Rolls Back Its Policies
As the effects of climate change become more widespread and alarming, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has called on nations to step up their plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Why Companies Should Let Their Workers Join The Climate Strike
Multinational ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s will close its Australian stores for this month’s global climate strike and pay staff to attend the protest, amid a growing realisation in the business community that planetary heating poses an existential threat.
Climate Activists Plan Day of Mass Civil Disobedience to #ShutDownDC
"There's a tremendous amount of power that drives through those streets and parks next to those sidewalks and walks into those buildings. We want them to think about what they're doing with that power."
Greta Thunberg Made It To New York Emissions-Free – But The Ocean Doesn't Yet Hold The Key to Low-Carbon Travel
I have travelled from Plymouth to the UN headquarters in New York many times, often to discuss how to protect the oceans from climate change.
Myths About Disaster Survivors Stall The Global Response To Climate change
The 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body that assesses climate change science, says the world needs to limit global temperature increases to below 1.5C this century.
I Put Myself Through Hell As An IPCC Convening Lead Author, But It Was Worth It
In my day job, I am a scientist at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland studying things such as how agriculture contributes to climate change and what we can do about it.
Not Everyone Cares About Climate Change, But Reproach Won't Change Their Minds
Contrary to opinion polls predicting a groundswell of support for Labor’s relatively progressive agenda on climate and economics, the election results revealed that Australians are more divided on climate change than we thought.
Google Searches Reveal Where People Are Most Concerned About Climate Change
What do you do if you have a question? You probably Google it.
Political Polarization Is About Feelings, Not Facts
Politicians and pundits from all quarters often lament democracy’s polarized condition.
Scientists Urge UN to Add Environmental Destruction to Geneva Conventions List of War Crimes
Despite calls for a fifth convention two decades ago, military conflict continues to destroy megafauna, push species to extinction, and poison water resources.
Why Some Conservatives Are Blind To Climate Change
Imagine this: A young professional couple at a party mentions they’re thinking of buying a home in a popular waterfront neighbourhood that scientists have found is vulnerable to coastal flooding.
7,000+ Colleges and Universities Declare Climate Emergency and Unveil Three-Point Plan to Combat It
We all need to work together to nurture a habitable planet for future generations and to play our part in building a greener and cleaner future for all.
How Indigenous Leadership Is Protecting Communities From Climate Disasters
“The fires were never a threat to us. It was the state that was the threat.” The environment does not create disasters — people do.
To Tackle Climate Change, Immigration And Threats To Democracy, Europe's Fractious New Parliament Will Have To Work Together
The European Union has survived its latest contest between pro-EU and anti-EU forces. Helped by high turnout, pro-EU centrist and leftist parties together won more than two-thirds of seats in the European Parliament elections held in 28 countries from May 23 to 26.
How Germany's Green Party Took On The Far Right To Become A Major Political Force
A green wave has flooded Europe in the 2019 European elections. The big winners of the night were the German Greens, who took 20.5%. of the national vote, almost doubling their 10.7% share from 2014.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Remarks on the Green New Deal

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remarks on the Green New Deal at an event hosted by the Sunrise Movement.
Seeing The Planet In Climate Crisis Is Depressing – Turn Your Pain Into Action
Environmentalism can feel like a drag. People trying to reduce their environmental impact often feel stressed and inadequate, and those who aren’t can feel judged and resentful.
Life inside Extinction Rebellion: We can't get arrested quick enough

The inside story of Extinction Rebellion, the direct action group that paralysed central London to protest against what it see as the government's inaction on climate change. After a week of protests,
Jason Kenney's Victory In Alberta Means We'll All Pay The Price For Fossil Fuel Emissions
Jason Kenney has led the United Conservative Party to victory in Alberta. There were manyobjectionablecomponents to the UCP campaign. One of the most ominous was Kenney’s promise to fight for the continued subsidization of Alberta’s dying fossil fuel industry.
Young People Striking From School See Climate Change For The Life-threatening Issue It Is
Students around the world are walking out of school once more, as part of ongoing strikes to protest governments’ inaction on climate change.
How The Terror Of Climate Change Is Transforming Young People's Identity
On March 14 2019, at least 50 rallies were planned across Australia and expected to draw thousands of students walking out of school to protest climate change inaction.
Is Climate Change A Socialist Plot?
In the past year, we have heard from several right-of-centre members of the media-political elite in Australia - some of whom dined together at Kirribilli House on the weekend - that climate change is exaggerated for the purposes of introducing a “socialist” carbon tax.
Want Citizens To Care About Climate Change?
Climate scientists insist in a recent report that fundamental changes in how energy is consumed and supplied are urgently required to avoid serious damage to life and property from rising temperatures, rising sea levels and greater frequency of extreme weather events
Why The Doomsday Clock Puts World Risk At 65-year High
The Doomsday Clock, a measure by scientists of the risk to global survival, now says the danger is the greatest since 1953.
Crazy Weather And Crazy Facts Making You Crazy
It seems that extreme weather is becoming more extreme and increasingly common. We can't pick up one of the few remaining papers, visit a news website, turn on the radio, without hearing of another hurricane, tornado, mudslide, nor'easter, or common everyday snow storm called Billy Bob, Wilma May, or a cyclopoop.
The Future Of Society Depends On Science And Research Being Better Reported
Newspaper articles, TV appearances and radio slots are increasingly important ways for academics to communicate their research to wider audiences.
What Determines If Women Will Vote For Women In 2018?
The 2018 elections promise to be the “Year of the Woman,” with more women planning to step into local, state and federal elections than ever before.
Why Is There So Little Grassroot Action Against Climate Change?
While Americans support action on climate change, many don’t see the issue as an immediate threat and so the issue does not elicit the powerful responses necessary for Americans to mobilize, argues sociologist Doug McAdam.
Why Is Climate Change Such A Hard Sell In The US?
President Donald Trump on June 1 took the dramatic step of removing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement – the product of many years of diligent and difficult negotiation among 175 nations around the world. Recent polls reveal that six in 10 Americans oppose Trump’s move.
15th Century China Has A Lesson For America's New Climate Policy
In the early 15th century the Ming Dynasty in China undertook a series of expensive oceangoing expeditions called the Treasure Voyages.
How Bad Could The US's Withdrawal From The Paris Agreement Be?
Even before the Paris Agreement was signed in December 2015, market forces and policy measures were starting to tilt the world toward a lower-carbon future. U.S. carbon dioxide emissions peaked in 2007, and Chinese emissions may have peaked in 2014.
Why The World Might Be Better Off If Trump Withdraws From The Paris Climate Deal
The conventional wisdom that the United States should remain under the Paris Agreement is wrong. A US withdrawal would be the best outcome for international climate action.
Good Grief! Even The Weather Is Now Political
Until recently, weather talk was an easy filler for any awkward silence. But tragically for polite conversationalists everywhere, the weather is no longer mundane.
How Britain's 1953 Storm Surge Kicked Off The Debate On Climate Change
Towns and villages along the east coast of England were put on red alert on Friday 13 January.
Does Your County Believe In Climate Change? Check The Map
A new detailed, easily navigable opinion map clarifies what people in each county, city, and even congressional district in the United States believe about climate change.
Rex Tillerson Used Secret Alias to Talk Climate While CEO of Exxon
New York Attorney General's office discovers secondary email while investigating company's climate science cover-up
Trump Questionnaire Recalls Dark History Of Ideology Driven Science
President-elect Trump has called global warming “bullshit” and a “Chinese hoax.” He has promised to withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate treaty and to “bring back coal,” the world’s dirtiest, most carbon-intensive fuel.
Scientists Racing to Archive Climate Data Before Denier-in-Chief Trump Takes Office
"Scientists are right to preserve data and archive websites before those who want to dismantle federal climate change research programs storm the castle"
Will The US Really Scrap NASA's Crucial Climate Research?
The wonders of NASA — Mars rovers, astronaut Instagram feeds, audacious missions probing distant galactic mysteries — have long enthralled the American public.
Our Political Beliefs Predict How We Feel About Climate Change
The man who called global warming a fabrication invented by the Chinese to make US manufacturing less competitive is now president-elect of the US.
How Will The Paris Climate Agreement Change Your Day-to-day Life?
It should be a momentous occasion for the environment. In early October 2016, 55 countries with 55% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions ratified the Paris climate change agreement.
How Trump’s Victory Was Received At The UN Climate Talks In Marrakech
Over breakfast at our riad in old town Marrakech, conversation was dominated by Donald Trump’s election victory and what kind of world we had woken up to.
Climate Change Should Be A Unifying Cause Of Millennials
When Secretary Hillary Clinton sought to mobilize millennial voters, she held a rally with Al Gore in Florida and focused heavily on climate change.
What President Trump Means For The Future Of Energy And Climate
President…Donald…Trump. For those on both sides of the aisle who vowed “Never Trump!,” that’s going to take some getting used to.
Politicians Are Feeling The Heat From Rising Temperatures
Not only is climate change bad for the planet, but rising temperatures could mean politicians face a greater risk of being voted out of office.
Should Oil Companies Like Exxon Be Forced To Disclose Climate Change Risks?
Exxon Mobil announced on Oct. 28 that it may have to take the largest asset write-down in its history. The company said that 4.6 billion barrels of oil and gas assets – 20 percent of its current inventory of future prospects – may be too expensive to tap.
You Can’t Handle the Truth!
Movie buffs will recognize this title as the most memorable line from “A Few Good Men” (1992), spoken by the character Colonel Jessep, played by Jack Nicholson (“You can’t handle the truth!” is #29 in the American Film Institute’s list of 100 top movie quotes).
Why The Silence On Climate In The US Presidential Debates?
As scientists become more gloomy about keeping global warming below the allegedly “safe” limit of 2℃, the issue is disappearing from the US presidential debates.
Why Weather Forecasters Can't Manipulate Hurricane Warnings
Many mini-dramas develop during major disasters like Hurricane Matthew, which has left a trail of devastation in the Caribbean and the southeastern United States.
The Climate Warnings Are Being Masked By Self-Serving Propaganda
Leading scientists say most people remain unaware of the truth that climate change is a stark reality now and will continue to get worse without drastic action.
Forest Fires In The Amazon Region Are Reaching Record Levels
Forest fires in the Amazon region are reaching record levels as Brazil’s government fails to tackle the deforestation that fuels the country’s high rate of emissions.
Why The Paris Climate Agreement May Lock In Warming For Centuries
The Paris climate agreement set a “safe” global warming limit of below 2℃, aiming below 1.5℃ by 2100. The world has already warmed about a degree since the Industrial Revolution, and on our current emissions trajectory we will likely breach these limits within decades.
What Are The Three Main Tactics Of Climate Denial?
The recently elected One Nation senator from Queensland, Malcolm Roberts, fervently rejects the established scientific fact that human greenhouse gas emissions cause climate change, invoking a fairly familiar trope of paranoid theories to propound this belief.
Do Climate Disaster Movies Hurt The Climate Cause?
Given that 2016 is expected to be the hottest year on record, with several months that not only surpassed old heat records but did so by increasingly large margins, it stands to reason climate change should be an issue we as a nation are rushing to address.
Why Physical Scientists Can’t Tackle Climate Alone?
"Getting the social cost of carbon right is most pressing, given its importance to policy," says Charles Kolstad. "It's also an area where rapid research progress should be possible."
Scientists Must Challenge The Bad Media Reporting On Climate Change
Ocean acidification is causing fundamental and dangerous changes in the chemistry of the world’s oceans yet only one in five Britons has even heard of ocean acidification, let alone believes it a cause for concern.
Can The Climate Movement Break Free From The Jobs Vs Environment Debate?
For two weeks this May, organizers across 12 countries will participate in Break Free 2016, an open-source invitation to encourage “more action to keep fossil fuels in the ground and an acceleration in the just transition to 100 percent renewable energy.”
Why Development Should Focus On Climate Adaptation
One of the biggest threats to a thriving world today is that the world’s poorest people face disproportionate risk from climate change. The World Bank’s Turn Down the Heat report notes that climate change threatens to erode progress made on reducing poverty.
How To Weather The Next Few Years Of Climate Change
The title of this piece should instead be: how to weather the next few years of stupid politics over climate change while watching the oceans rise, acidify, and lose oxygen, and while watching extreme drought, forest fires, and weather slap us upside the head.
Australian Coastal Communities Demand Action On Climate Threats
Representatives of Australian coastal communities have gathered this week to discuss the major challenges they face. Delegates at the conference in Rockingham, Western Australia, represent 40 councils around Australia, some falling within the 24 federal electorates held by a margin of 5% or less.
Climate Change Confusion Creeps Into Trump Camp
Despite the Republican US presidential candidate’s claim that climate change is a hoax, a new survey has found that more than half of his supporters believe global warming is happening.
Even Local Climate Change Perceptions Are Colored By Ideology
Worsening wildfires endanger communities. Invasive insects imperil forests. In the American West, many worry about these threats — but fewer fret about climate change, a major force behind both the burning and the bugs. Why? Apparently, because lots of people don’t see the local connection. Polling residents of eastern Oregon
For Better Or Worse The Next President Is In the Climate Driver's Seat
By putting a temporary halt to Obama’s cornerstone climate policy, the Supreme Court puts the next president in the driver’s seat. Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to halt, at least temporarily, implementation of one of the central components of the federal effort to constrain U.S. climate emissions, the Clean Power Plan.
Was Climate The Cause Of Ancient Political Turmoil?
Volcanic eruptions that triggered climatic extremes could have heralded deadly plague and famine in Europe and undermined the Roman empire.
Who Politicized The Environment And Climate Change?
An environmental activist friend of mine recently shook her head and marveled at the extraordinary accomplishments of the last several months. “Still lots of work to be done,” she said. “But wow! This has been an epic period for environmentalists!”
Look To Our Religious Leaders For A Climate Change Plan B
In the lead-up to the Paris climate change summit, US President Barack Obama recently said “We only get one planet. There’s no Plan B”. Of course he’s right – there’s no other planet we can retreat to. Obama’s statement emphasized the urgent need for international agreement in Paris to minimize human-caused climate change and its impacts.
Are The Biggest World Economies Still Backing Fossil Fuels?
Analysts say the world’s 20 leading economies give nearly four times as much in subsidies to fossil fuel production as total global subsidies to renewable energy.
Is Doubting Climate Change Becoming A Political Liability?
North of the 49th parallel, Canadian voters turfed the decade-old government of Stephen Harper. With close ties to the Albertan oil industry, Prime Minister Harper was an established friend of fossil fuel. As leader of the former Canadian Alliance Party, Harper in 2002 had gone as far as to describe the Kyoto Protocol as a “socialist scheme to suck money out of wealth-producing nations.”
There Is Still A Problem In How Americans View Climate Change
More than three out of four Americans—or 76 percent—now believe that climate change is occurring. The number is up from 68 percent just one year ago, but partisan politics are still a huge factor in how people respond.
Obama Uses Regulation To Make Environmental Policy; It's Not Unusual or Illegal
It’s a big few weeks at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA issued a regulation clarifying its authority to regulate bodies of water throughout the country. This week it issued an “endangerment finding,” a precursor to a regulation governing carbon emission from aircraft.
Can The US Have 100% Clean Energy By 2050 or Before?
Converting the world’s entire energy infrastructure to run on clean, renewable energy could effectively fight ongoing climate change, eliminate air pollution deaths, create jobs, and stabilize energy prices.
Pope Is Making Climate Change A Moral Issue
This summer, Pope Francis plans to release an encyclical letter in which he will address environmental issues, and very likely climate change.
Social Sciences Are Best Hope For Ending Debates Over Climate Change
To detoxify the debate over climate change, we need to understand the social forces at work. To reach some form of social consensus on this issue, we must recognize that the public debate over climate change in the United States today is not about carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas models; it is about opposing cultural values and worldviews through which that science is viewed.
Deniers vs Alarmists? It's Time To Lose The Climate Debate Labels
The climate debate seems to be as polarised as ever. While joint political pledges offer some hope that climate change no longer has to be a partisan issue, a look at the comments below most articles on global warming says otherwise.