Coral Reefs May Have Reached Their Tipping Point

A global bleaching event is underway, and some believe it is one of the main indicators that the globe has surpassed a critical climate change tipping point.

Mixed Messages from Big Oil

Trump’s Climate Team Takes Shape: Lee Zeldin to Lead EPA as Big Oil Pushes Deregulation and Paris Accord Pressure

Low-Carbon, Low-Shame Flight Takes off

Countries are Rolling Back Their Climate Commitments

Climate Promises Unravel: Nations and Corporations Backslide on Net Zero Ahead of COP29

Trump Disbands Climate Info Group, Canada Backs Off EV Mandates, Australia Issues Grim Risk Report

In this edition of This Week in Climate, Washington shutters a disinfo panel, Canada hits pause on EV rules, and Australia warns of cascading climate threats.

Why Food Keeps Getting More Expensive

Meet ‘climateflation’: how extreme weather is disrupting food systems and straining household budgets worldwide.

Renewables To Surpass Coal by 2026

We look into how renewables are on track to overtake coal in global electricity generation by 2026, marking a pivotal shift in the energy transition.

The Climate Activists’ Dilemma

An analysis of new research on “extreme” climate protests finds they boost public concern but erode support for activist groups—raising the question of whether short-term attention is worth long-term reputational costs.

Climate Scrambles Weather Predictions

We examine how extreme summer heat, deadly floods, and cuts to U.S. weather agencies are converging to make climate-driven disasters both more dangerous and harder to predict.