Climate Forward

Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather.

By David Gelles

If elected to the White House, Vice President Harris will face the challenge of implementing President Biden’s signature climate policies.

By Manuela Andreoni

She played a crucial role in fixing the ozone hole, and has thoughts on climate change.

By Cara Buckley

Here’s where the party stands on global warming, energy and the environment.

By Manuela Andreoni

The soaring electricity demands of data centers and A.I. are straining the grid in some areas, pushing up emissions and slowing the energy transition.

By David Gelles

Climate change and widely varied state regulations could mean you’re paying too much or far too little to insure your home.

By Christopher Flavelle

Here’s how the end of the Chevron doctrine could affect climate regulation.

By David Gelles and Manuela Andreoni

Ahead of the first presidential debate, we examined the climate stakes in this year’s election.

By Manuela Andreoni

A lack of affordable housing and high energy costs are making Americans more vulnerable to record-breaking heat, public health experts say.

By Manuela Andreoni

On-air meteorologists have become a target in the culture wars as they report on the effects of climate change.

By David Gelles

Researchers have found that longer-lasting heat waves can be deadlier and can pose unique health risks.

By Raymond Zhong

The Supreme Court may soon decide the fate of dozens of cases brought by cities and states that seek to hold fossil fuel companies accountable.

By David Gelles

Record-breaking temperatures are pushing experts and public health officials to come up with a new vocabulary to warn the public about extreme heat.

By Austyn Gaffney

Hundreds of millions of people around the world have recently voted in elections with important climate issues like extreme heat and coal dependence.

By Manuela Andreoni

The struggle of the world’s largest source of renewable last year could have important implications for the fight against climate change.

By Manuela Andreoni

Global carbon dioxide emissions might have already peaked, according to new estimates, signaling a potentially monumental shift.

By David Gelles

Carbon offsets have been heavily criticized as greenwashing, but they have a hidden benefit: getting crucial climate funds to developing nations.

By Manuela Andreoni

The president’s signature 2022 climate law has sparked a rapid clean energy boom but its political impact is a lot less clear.

By David Gelles

India is adapting to a new era of dangerous heat, even as climbing temperatures are making its transition to a cleaner economy more difficult.

By Manuela Andreoni

The Biden administration is betting that new China tariffs will be politically popular, even if they could slow the transition from fossil fuels.

By Jim Tankersley and David Gelles

Across the country, more intense heat, storms and fires are causing the home insurance market to start to buckle.

By Christopher Flavelle

How to reconcile two new reports that seem to tell very different stories about the state of climate change.

By David Gelles

Experts say that a new wave of electric vehicle charging stations are coming soon, even after Tesla gutted its charger team.

By Manuela Andreoni

New guidelines attempt to make the aviation cleaner by relying on corn-based ethanol, but experts divided on the fuel’s environmental benefits.

By Manuela Andreoni

How a group of local activists saved the ‘Yosemite of South America’ in the unlikeliest of deals.

By David Gelles

As countries negotiate a landmark agreement to reduce plastic pollution, the industry is fighting a battle over regulations and over its image.

By Hiroko Tabuchi

Introducing Ask NYT Climate, where we’ll explore how climate intersects with your everyday life.

By Ryan McCarthy

It’s still unclear how the world will pay for developing nations to fight climate change.

By David Gelles and Manuela Andreoni

And what would that mean for the climate?

DAVID GELLES

The fate of Colombia’s rainforest may lay in the hands of a rebel group linked to drugs and illegal mining.

By Manuela Andreoni

Why atmospheric concentrations hit record levels last year.

By David Gelles

The surprising carbon footprint of an Amtrak trip across America.

By Hiroko Tabuchi

A new Vermont bill would create a “climate superfund.”

By Manuela Andreoni

A tax on ship emissions could have an impact on almost everything we buy

By Manuela Andreoni and Max Bearak

The ubiquitous ingredient contributes to the loss of tropical forests.

By Manuela Andreoni

E.V.s have become part of the political culture wars

By David Gelles

A new book argues that short-term profit incentives can deliver long-term changes to benefit the climate.

By David Gelles

Climate is not the only aspect of the natural world that is being transformed by human activity.

By Manuela Andreoni

Adam Met wants to make it easier to build wind and solar projects.

By David Gelles

The president’s campaign is eager to tell the story of his first term’s accomplishments.

By Manuela Andreoni

The S.E.C. was the target of intense corporate lobbying and a backlash from Republicans.

By David Gelles

Agriculture is a big contributor to climate change — is there a path to reinvention?

By Manuela Andreoni

“It’s like an omen of the future.”

By David Gelles

We explore some of the patterns investors track to help understand what they show.

By Manuela Andreoni

Political and legal risks are mounting for banks and asset managers.

By David Gelles

Complex environmental systems are undergoing profound upheavals as a result of human activity.

By David Gelles and Manuela Andreoni

Clean power, melting glaciers and carbon capture.

By David Gelles

This week’s atmospheric rivers may only be the beginning.

By Manuela Andreoni

The Biden administration will examine how a natural gas mega-project will impact the climate.

By David Gelles

“Every vote matters, more this year than perhaps any time in history.”

By David Gelles

“Yeah, the world is going to end, but I’m still going to vacation.”

By David Gelles

About half of the world’s population will be electing leaders this year.

By Manuela Andreoni

Azerbaijan is where the petroleum era began.

By Manuela Andreoni

Scientists are asking whether the planet’s warming is accelerating.

By Manuela Andreoni

“A visceral feeling of what climate change looks and feels like.”

By David Gelles

We’re watching these developments in the year to come.

By David Gelles

TV shows, movies, books, art exhibits and pop music about our rapidly warming planet.

By David Gelles and Manuela Andreoni

It’s the season of buying more than we need, and then throwing it away.

By Manuela Andreoni

Ecosystems scored a win at the climate talks in Dubai.

By Manuela Andreoni

An unlikely breakthrough on fossil fuels at COP28

By David Gelles

Negotiators are working through the night to reach a deal.

By David Gelles

A fierce debate at the global climate talks.

By Manuela Andreoni

Community-based programs could lose funding under the mayor’s proposal.

By Hiroko Tabuchi

The United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s biggest oil producers, is hosting this year’s climate summit.

By David Gelles

The world has always experienced fire year-round, but these are a lot harder to ignore.

By Manuela Andreoni

It could deliver a jolt of ambition ahead of the global talks.

By David Gelles

The senator has played an outsize role in shaping climate policy.

By David Gelles

An alarming picture of planned fossil fuel production before the global climate talks.

By David Gelles and Manuela Andreoni

Tensions between rich and poor countries are on display.

By David Gelles

As we clean up the air, we also seem to making warming a bit worse.

By David Gelles

Billions of dollars in new U.S. funding won’t be enough

By David Gelles

Hurricane experts were shocked by how quickly the storm intensified.

By David Gelles and Manuela Andreoni

Peak fossil fuel use may be only a few years away.

By Manuela Andreoni

A dearth of charging stations makes road trips dicey.

By David Gelles

The most abundant element in the universe will play a crucial role in the green energy transition.

By David Gelles

Exxon’s $60 billion acquisition doubles down on oil and gas.

By David Gelles

Behind the scenes, the technology relies on thousands of specialized computer chips.

By Delger Erdenesanaa

Naming and shaming the countries and industries he sees as bad actors.

By David Gelles

Rising global temperatures are undoing hard-earned progress.

By Manuela Andreoni

Brazil’s JBS produces 32 billion pounds of animal products a year.

By David Gelles

Bill Gates and Marc Benioff don’t see eye to eye.

By David Gelles

There are big differences of opinion on how to get the job done.

By Manuela Andreoni

The perils of a warming planet have become impossible to ignore.

By David Gelles

It’s facing many of the issues that will be on display at upcoming climate summits.

By Max Bearak

A high-profile summit tries to kick-start the transition to clean energy.

By David Gelles

Techniques developed by Big Oil may lead to the next clean energy breakthrough.

By David Gelles

Idalia’s path makes it difficult to predict where the storm will come ashore.

By Judson Jones

But the industry still isn’t moving fast enough.

By David Gelles

59 percent of voters sided with young activists in a referendum.

By Manuela Andreoni and David Gelles

A judge found there was “a fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment.”

By David Gelles

A devastating drought has hit a country that seemed to have abundant fresh water.

By Manuela Andreoni

The wispy condensation from jet airplanes can trap vast amounts of heat in the atmosphere.

By David Gelles

Temperatures are the hottest they have been in recorded history, by a wide margin.

By David Gelles and Manuela Andreoni

Many of the industry’s key materials are made with forced labor.

By David Gelles

Extreme weather is upending the way we experience the season.

By David Gelles

It’s still very hot, and scientists are getting better at telling us why.

By David Gelles

“It drains your brain. It slows your cognitive function. You’re overwhelmed.”

By David Gelles and Manuela Andreoni

The past few weeks have him even more worried than usual.

By David Gelles

A dispatch from Phoenix.

By David Gelles

A dispatch from the flooded house of our new lead writer.

By David Gelles