Yale University

is a journalist covering science and nature for publications including The Guardian, New Scientist, The New York Times, and National Geographic. In 2023, she was honored for excellence in science communications by the National Academy of Sciences.

The opening plenary of the U.N. climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 11, 2024. Kamran Guliyev / U.N. Climate Change

Donald Trump has promised to halt federal climate action and repeal the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act, which provides unprecedented spending for clean energy. The market momentum for renewables and efforts by states and cities may be the only hope for U.S. climate progress.

Véronique Sekuka, a Baka woman who was evicted from Odzala-Kokoua National Park. Survival

is a Zambian journalist reporting on environmental issues and the cofounder of Media Network Action on Climate Change. Freddie Clayton is a British journalist who covers climate, the environment, and public health. He has written for The Economist, New Lines Magazine

An unprecedented drought has lowered reservoirs in hydropower-dependent Zambia, leading to economically crippling blackouts and spurring a push for solar. With multiple utility-scale arrays now in the works, the nation is betting on solar to increase its power capacity by a third.

From June 2023 to August 2024, the world saw 15 months in a row of record-breaking heat, a stretch so extreme that it confounded scientists. A new animation from NASA shows the severity of warming.

In India, Cameras Deployed to Track Wildlife Are Used to Spy on Women

UN Deal on Climate Aid Falls Short of What’s Needed, Experts Say

Solar imports from China so far this year have already outstripped imports in all of last year, according to Bloomberg reports. Newly purchased panels amount to 17 gigawatts of capacity, enough to raise Pakistan’s total power capacity by a third.