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Commuters out on a smoggy day at NH-9 near Mayur Vihar on Feb. 8, 2021 in New Delhi, India.

Fossil Fuels, Climate Change and India's COVID-19 Crisis

A version of this story first appeared in the Climate is Everything newslet...

A version of this story first appeared in the Climate is Everything newsletter. If you’d like sign up to receive this free once-a-week email, click here. The surge of COVID-19 cases and the humanitarian crisis...

A coalition of climate, Indigenous and racial justice groups gathered at Columbus Circle to kick off Climate Week with the Climate Justice Through Racial Justice march on Sept. 20, 2020.

There is No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice

The COVID-19 recovery is a chance to not just “build back better,” but to b...

The COVID-19 recovery is a chance to not just “build back better,” but to build back Blacker, fairer, and greener

A girl walks past a sign for the Kingfisher oil field in the south-east of lake Albert in Uganda, on Jan. 24, 2020

Biden’s Climate Summit Made Progress. But We Won't Reach Net Zero by 2050 Without Those Who Weren’t Invited

As leading nations pledge to reduce emissions to be carbon neutral by 2050,...

As leading nations pledge to reduce emissions to be carbon neutral by 2050, a new oil pipeline will increase Uganda's emissions sixfold

When Lake Baringo rose, families in the area lost their homes and grazing fields.

Environmental Crises Are Forcing Millions Into Cities. Can Countries Turn Climate Migrants Into an Asset?

When he was a child, James Owuor loved hearing the elders talk about the wa...

When he was a child, James Owuor loved hearing the elders talk about the way life used to be. So it comes as something of a surprise that at 38, he is now the one...

The pandemic shows we’re capable of drastic change. It’s time to stop telling ourselves we can’t do the same to save the planet

The Urgent Need to Change the Language We Use to Talk About the Climate Crisis

Forty years ago, as I was leaving my friend’s house to throw a baseball out...

Forty years ago, as I was leaving my friend’s house to throw a baseball outside, his father stopped us for inspection. “Where are you going?” Peter’s father asked. “When will you be back?” And most...

A hazy view on the approach to Dubai International Airport.

Judith Butler: Creating an Inhabitable World for Humans Means Dismantling Rigid Forms of Individuality

However differently we register this pandemic we understand it as global; i...

However differently we register this pandemic we understand it as global; it brings home the fact that we are implicated in a shared world. The capacity of living human creatures to affect one another can...

Global Carbon Emissions Set for Second-Largest Annual Increase in History in 2021 Despite COVID-19 Restrictions

Global carbon dioxide emissions from energy use are set to rise by 5% in 20...

Global carbon dioxide emissions from energy use are set to rise by 5% in 2021 compared to 2020, the second highest year-on-year increase in history, according to a report published April 20 by the International...