Indigenous women of Amazonia speak to the media at a press conference during United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29. Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Climate NPR's full coverage of climate change and related issues.
Climate
Brazil environment minister Marina Silva stands near a sign for the United Nations' COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, which came to a close Saturday. Sergei Grits/AP hide caption
A plastic bottle and the remains of a child's spade on the beach in Prestatyn, U.K.. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption
Björk and Aleph Molinari collaborated on Nature Manifesto at Centre Pompidou in Paris. Vidar Logi hide caption
Activists, including Harjeet Singh from the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, demanded that rich countries pay up for climate finance for developing countries at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
A nurse takes care of a patient at a hospital near Lima, Peru. The country experienced an outbreak of dengue fever in 2024 — a pattern that was replicated in many countries around the world. A new study suggests climate change may be contributing to the spread of the mosquito-borne disease. Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Family members gather by a stove in Afghanistan, which has been hit by droughts over the past three years. The country is ranked one of the most vulnerable and ill-prepared nations in coping with climate change. Global support for projects to address climate-related issues has been largely on hold since the Taliban took power. Lynsey Addario/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption
China is the world's largest producer of renewable energy. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
China steps up on climate change as the new Trump administration signals a retreat
More than 1,000 people died in 2023's Cyclone Freddy and hundreds of thousands more were displaced in Malawi. Many low-income nations are bearing disproportionate impacts from more intense storms. Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An iceberg floats off the coast of Illulisat, Greenland. Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting rapidly, and the risks of drastic melting increase as the Earth heats up. The melting of Greenland's ice sheet is the second-largest contributor to global sea-level rise. (The largest contributor is water expanding as it warms.) Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
President Biden tours the Museu da Amazonia, a rainforest preserve in Manaus, Brazil, on Nov. 17, 2024, before heading to Rio de Janeiro for the G20 Summit. Saul Loeb/AFP hide caption
Biden marks his climate legacy during Amazon visit, asserting 'nobody' can reverse it
The surface of this field on Germany's Baltic Sea coast has sunk by up to three feet since its protective layer of water was removed. Dan Charles for NPR hide caption
This soil is slowly burning, releasing carbon dioxide. The solution? Let water reclaim it
A portion of a house that collapsed during the overnight hours of Thursday and Friday is seen in the water in Rodanthe, N.C. Cape Hatteras National Seashore hide caption
Renewable energy capacity is growing rapidly, especially in China, where this rooftop solar array is installed. The increasing use of sources like wind and solar power is driving down greenhouse gas emissions around the globe. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Attendees holding signs listen as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Alro Steel on Aug. 29, 2024, in Potterville, Mich. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Trump promises more drilling in the U.S. to boost fossil fuel production
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well in Watford City, N.D. in 2021. Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a new rule announced by the Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption
An earlier ruling had ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels. A Shell logo is displayed at a gas station in London in March 2022. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption
The logo for the COP29 climate change conference is painted on a road in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sergei Grits/AP hide caption
A man walks through the wind and rain brought by Hurricane Rafael in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption
Flames engulf a structure during the Mountain Fire Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, near Camarillo, Calif. Ethan Swope/AP hide caption
Tiny particles known as "marine snow" drift to the bottom of the ocean, playing an integral role in slowing the pace of climate change. PrakashLab, Stanford hide caption
When it comes to climate change, oceans are doing us a big favor with 'marine snow'
Supporters watch returns at a campaign election night watch party for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Palm Beach Convention Center. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
An image of the Valencia floods from the Landsat 8 satellite taken on Oct. 30. Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory hide caption
Over 200 people have died in flash floods in eastern Spain. Recovery is still underway
A man walks through a debris-covered street after flash floods hit eastern Spain on October 30, 2024. Climate scientists say global warming makes extreme rain events like it more likely. David Ramos/Getty Images hide caption