Environment

The disruption to the earth’s climate will ultimately command more attention and resources and have a greater influence on the global economy and international...

Global emissions have risen faster in the 20 years since the world ratified the two-degree target than they did over the 20 years before.

To abandon the target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels would be a grave mistake.

Can California, the wealthiest and most populous U.S. state, conduct its own foreign policy within the American constitutional system?

Over the more than four-and-a-half billion years since the formation of the planet Earth, its climate has remained remarkably stable, and has apparently sustained...

Oren Cass replies to Michael Mann's comments on his essay about climate change and environmental catastrophe.

Powerful economic and political forces will prevent Trump from destroying the Paris agreement. But he can still cause the United States serious diplomatic and...

Trump’s environmental agenda will hurt Americans’ health and the U.S. economy. But it is not too late for the administration to change course.

Without strong government support for energy innovation, the United States will fall further behind in the global race to command the industries of the future.

Michael E. Mann argues that Oren Cass' essay on climate change dangerously downplays the dangers.

Obama’s recognition that the pipeline should be reconsidered is laudable, if long overdue. But rerouting the pipeline is no easy fix.

Wise handling of U.S.-Chinese relations should build on preexisting but little-known efforts to improve bilateral cooperation in the global ocean commons.

After disaster strikes, there is an opportunity to rebuild bigger and stronger. But as is often the case, an elite group seizes this opportunity to rebuild in...

Over the last year, the United States has orchestrated a series of deals with India, China, and Japan to take action to reduce carbon emissions. These deals...

It should be easy to measure the gap between the total amount of carbon that the world's governments have pledged to cut and the amount that scientists say must be...

The American animal welfare movement has come along way in recent decades, but still has far to go. By tapping into society’s core values and picking its battles...

In Nigeria, the dispute over the number of casualties inflicted by Boko Haram—especially with its latest attack in Baga—has grown particularly acute in the lead-up...

Bjørn Lomborg’s recent essay on environmental alarmism overlooked a number of grave threats to the planet, most notably overconsumption. As poorer countries grow...