Ciara Nugent

Ciara Nugent is a staff writer for TIME, based in London. She covers how climate change is reshaping our built and natural environments, as well as regional news from Latin America.

Recent Articles

Where Mining and Energy Projects Will Hurt Wildlife the Most

A new study shows how mining, oil and gas extraction, and power plants will proliferate across crucial wildlife sites around the world.

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Russia Wants a Committed Fossil Fuel Relationship. China Has Cold Feet

If approved, the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline would help Russia permanently reorient its gas industry to the east.

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Why Climate Activists Want to Stop Denmark's New Island-City

Activists say Copenhagen's new artificial island-city of Lynetteholm could kill marine life across the Baltic Sea.

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Anti-Racism Minister Gets to Work in Brazil

Brazilian racial equality minister Anielle Franco is fighting a personal battle

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This Mexican Activist Is Helping Americans Defy Abortion Bans

For Verónica Cruz Sánchez, the past year has felt like traveling back in time. Since 2000, Cruz’s feminist activist network, Las Libres, has transformed the experience of getting an abortion in Guanajuato, a deeply conservative...

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Why Climate Activists are Protesting Wind Farms

A global backlash against clean energy on Indigenous land is complicating the energy transition

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The Unexpected Climate Impact of Russia's War in Ukraine

By most measures, Russia's year-long war in Ukraine has been an unremitting tragedy. For the climate, it's a little different.

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Should Flood-Hit Pakistan Give Up Concrete?

Yasmeen Lari, an 82 year old architect, wants Pakistan to swap concrete for bamboo as it rebuilds from devastating floods.

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Plants Are Struggling To Find New Homes To Escape Climate Change

Plants are searching out cooler places to grow in North America. But studies suggest they are struggling to keep up with climate change.

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Why One Country Wants to Stop Building Roads to Fight Climate Change

The Welsh government has decided that building new roads would encourage more car use—hurting its emissions goals.

By Ciara Nugent
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