Justin Worland

Justin Worland is a Washington D.C.-based senior correspondent for TIME covering climate change and the intersection of policy, politics and society.

Wind turbines at a wind farm near Highway 12 in Rio Vista, California, on March 30, 2021.

To See How Biden's Infrastructure Plan Will Address Climate Change, Look at the Details

To understand how President Joe Biden’s new $2 trillion infrastructure plan...

To understand how President Joe Biden’s new $2 trillion infrastructure plan announced Wednesday will shape the fight against climate change, it’s tempting to look through the 25-page document and start tallying the dollars devoted to...

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden step off Air Force One upon arrival at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas on Feb. 26, 2021.

How the Texas Winter Storm Disaster Will Shape Joe Biden's Climate Agenda

Democrats are already using the disaster to illustrate the need for new leg...

Democrats are already using the disaster to illustrate the need for new legislation while many Republicans have relied on old talking points

People carry groceries on Feb. 15 in Austin after a winter storm brought historic cold weather to Texas

The Texas Power Grid Failure Is a Climate Change Cautionary Tale

For scientists, the havoc wreaked by the extreme winter weather that hit Te...

For scientists, the havoc wreaked by the extreme winter weather that hit Texas in mid-February dropping several inches of snow and leaving millions without power did not come as a surprise. Ten years ago, in...

Nigerian former Foreign and Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks to a journalist in Geneva, on July 15, 2020.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Believes the WTO Can Change the World. But First It Needs Reform

The first-ever female head of the World Trade Organization wants to remake ...

The first-ever female head of the World Trade Organization wants to remake the WTO for the 21st century

Abandoned cars sit parked in front of a pump jack near Pampa, Texas, on Sept. 26, 2020.

Biden's Biggest Climate Move: Signaling that Fossil Fuels Are Not the Future

Biden’s remarks communicated a sea change in how the U.S. government will a...

Biden’s remarks communicated a sea change in how the U.S. government will approach global warming

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Jan. 27

The Biden Administration Is Already Calling on China to Do More on Climate Change

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry wants the world to know t...

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry wants the world to know the U.S. is humble as it rejoins the international conversation on climate change. In his Jan. 21 remarks to the international business community...

The World's Biggest Problems Are Interconnected. Here's How We Can Solve Them This Decade

Societies will be forced to confront these crises, or be overwhelmed by the...

Societies will be forced to confront these crises, or be overwhelmed by them