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Byline: Somini Sengupta More than almost anything else we put into our mouths, meat matters. What flesh we eat - or forsake - tells the world who we are, what [...]

A transformed China, conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere, and intractable clashes over money have pushed the prospects of progress to a new low. Global power is fractured. Temperatures have risen [...]

A transformed China, conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere, and intractable clashes over money have pushed the prospects of progress to a new low. Global power is fractured. Temperatures have risen [...]

More than almost anything else we put into our mouths, meat matters. What flesh we eat -- or forsake -- tells the world who we are, what class and caste [...]

Byline: Austyn Gaffney and Somini Sengupta Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens [...]

Schools across the country are adding trees, tent-like structures and water to their playgrounds as temperatures soar. The bare hot asphalt schoolyard of the American past is getting a redo. [...]

Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare? Chad. Vietnam. Austria. The American [...]

The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire. Climate-smart. Regeneratively grown. Sustainable. If you're wondering about all those labels on [...]

The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire. Climate-smart. Regeneratively grown. Sustainable. If you’re wondering about all those labels on [...]

Byline: Somini Sengupta and Matthew Abbott Across 100,000 acres in the vast agricultural heartland of Australia, an unusual approach is taking root to slow down the wrecking ball of climate [...]

Byline: Somini Sengupta Children today face many more extreme weather hazards that can undermine global gains in education. The continued burning of fossil fuels is closing schools around the world [...]

Children today face many more extreme weather hazards that can undermine global gains in education. The continued burning of fossil fuels is closing schools around the world for days, sometimes [...]

Los niños de la actualidad se enfrentan a muchos más peligros meteorológicos extremos que pueden amenazar los logros de aprendizaje a nivel mundial. https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaYKhdv5q08fphYVt40M La continua quema de combustibles fósiles [...]

Across 100,000 acres in the vast agricultural heartland of Australia, an unusual approach is taking root to slow down the wrecking ball of climate change. Farmers are trying to tap [...]

Byline: Somini Sengupta The city's expanded low-emissions zone, which was politically fraught, has cut emissions that contribute to health problems like asthma, new numbers show. When pollution meets politics, efforts [...]

Byline: Somini Sengupta and Cara Buckley Amid soaring temperatures, hundreds of activists are staging boisterous blockades and solemn marches at banks and insurers that support fossil fuel projects. They slather [...]

Amid soaring temperatures, hundreds of activists are staging boisterous blockades and solemn marches at banks and insurers that support fossil fuel projects. They slather SPF 50+ on their toddlers' legs […]

The new government, to be led by Labour, has pledged to fast-track a green energy transition. It will face big challenges. Britain, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, erstwhile coal-burning [...]

The new government, to be led by Labour, has pledged to fast-track a green energy transition. It will face big challenges. Britain, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, erstwhile coal-burning [...]

Byline: Damien Cave and Somini Sengupta The deaths of at least 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj point to the growing threat that climate change poses to beloved gatherings. At large [...]

The deaths of at least 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj point to the growing threat that climate change poses to beloved gatherings. At large events all over the world, the [...]

As temperatures soar around the world, practical experiments are emerging to protect people. An app that helps people find relief from the heat. A tiny insurance policy that pays working [...]

People all over the world are facing severe heat, floods and fire, aggravated by the use of fossil fuels. The year isn't halfway done. Poll workers. Pilgrims. Tourists on a [...]

The government will look at ways to extend the shelf life of foods and to create more composting and other facilities, as well as urge companies to donate more food. [...]

The government will look at ways to extend the shelf life of foods and to create more composting and other facilities, as well as urge companies to donate more food. [...]

After years of political consensus on the transition to cleaner energy, a 'greenlash' appears to be building as prices rise and right-wing candidates gain ground. Over the past five years, [...]

After years of political consensus on the transition to cleaner energy, a ‘greenlash’ appears to be building as prices rise and right-wing candidates gain ground. Over the past five years, [...]

Farmers have repeatedly protested over grievances tied to global warming, a major political and economic test given the importance of India’s rural economy. India, the world’s most populous country, is [...]

Claudia Sheinbaum no es ajena a la política ni a las crisis medioambientales. Pero como la nueva mandataria de México, tendrá que lidiar con numerosas pruebas, a veces contradictorias. https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaYKhdv5q08fphYVt40M [...]

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's next leader, is an academic and a politician. Here's what her track record reveals. Mexico is the world's 11th-largest oil producer. It has been gripped by a [...]

Byline: James Wagner, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Somini Sengupta and César Rodríguez A system of dams and canals may soon be unable to provide water to one of the world's largest [...]

A system of dams and canals may soon be unable to provide water to one of the world's largest cities, a confluence of unchecked growth, crumbling infrastructure and a changing [...]

Una confluencia de factores como el cambio climático, la expansión urbanística y una infraestructura deficiente ha llevado a la capital mexicana al borde de una severa crisis de agua. Una [...]

Byline: Somini Sengupta Beijing's dominance raises economic and security concerns, and tensions will be high as top climate diplomats meet this week. The world's two most powerful countries, the United [...]

Beijing's dominance raises economic and security concerns, and tensions will be high as top climate diplomats meet this week. The world's two most powerful countries, the United States and China, [...]

Despite significant progress, Scotland was falling short on cutting vehicle emissions, switching to heat pumps and even restoring peatland, the government said. Climate promises are hard to keep. Scotland is [...]

Despite significant progress, Scotland was falling short on cutting vehicle emissions, switching to heat pumps and even restoring peatland, the government said. Climate promises are hard to keep. Scotland is [...]

The disaster, intensified by El Niño, is devastating communities across several countries, killing crops and livestock and sending food prices soaring. An estimated 20 million people in southern Africa are [...]

From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims. A “climate-controlled” sausage. New trousers labeled “recycled.” A “sustainable” airline [...]

Byline: Somini Sengupta Artificial intelligence is peering into restaurant garbage pails and crunching grocery-store data to try to figure out how to send less uneaten food into dumpsters. A hotel [...]

Para averiguar cómo desperdiciar menos comida, la IA se asoma a los cubos de basura de los restaurantes y analiza los datos de las tiendas de comestibles. Una cadena de [...]

Artificial intelligence is peering into restaurant garbage pails and crunching grocery-store data to try to figure out how to send less uneaten food into dumpsters. A hotel chain installs a [...]

Byline: John Yoon, Khaliun Bayartsogt and Somini Sengupta Mass death caused by a weather event known in Mongolia as dzud has devastated herds, leaving thousands of families short of food. [...]

Mass death caused by a weather event known in Mongolia as dzud has devastated herds, leaving thousands of families short of food. An unusually brutal winter in Mongolia has left [...]

Byline: Somini Sengupta and Catherine Porter How do you produce a global sporting event, with millions of people swooping down on one city, in the age of global warming? That [...]

¿Cómo se organiza un evento deportivo internacional en el que millones de personas visitan una ciudad en la era del calentamiento global? Esa es la prueba para los Juegos Olímpicos [...]

How do you produce a global sporting event, with millions of people swooping down on one city, in the age of global warming? That is the test for the Paris [...]

Recent heat waves in cities worldwide have the hallmarks of global warming, researchers said. And last month was the hottest February on record. Winter was weirdly warm for half the [...]

Un nuevo informe muestra cómo el calentamiento global, impulsado por la quema de combustibles fósiles, puede magnificar y empeorar las disparidades sociales existentes. El calor extremo está empobreciendo a algunas [...]

New U.N. research shows that climate change disproportionately erodes income in households led by women in poorer countries. But there are ways to fix it. Extreme heat is making some [...]