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Portrait of David Gelles

David Gelles

Business. Policy. Philanthropy. Litigation. Activism. There are climate stories everywhere, and my work involves chasing them wherever they lead. I’ve reported from United Nations climate talks in Scotland and Egypt, traveled to Louisiana to cover efforts to close chemical plants, and visited Puerto Rico for an article about efforts to get big oil companies to pay for the damage caused by hurricanes.

Before joining the climate team, I spent eight years as a business reporter at The Times, covering chief executives, tech, media, Wall Street and more. I was the Corner Office columnist from 2018 to 2022. Before joining The Times in 2013, I was a reporter for the Financial Times in New York and San Francisco.

I am the author of “The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America — and How to Undo His Legacy,” and “Mindful Work: How Meditation Is Changing Business From the Inside Out.” I studied at the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism and at Boston University, and live in New York with my family.

One of the things I value most about being able to work at The Times is the fact that we are not beholden to special interests, advertisers or powerful individuals and truly are able to maintain our intellectual independence. Like all Times journalists, I’m committed to upholding the standards of integrity outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook.

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    The Unmistakable Backdrop of COP29

    At the U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan, world leaders are gathered in a petrostate to discuss the uncertain future of global climate policy.

    By David Gelles

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    Can 70 Moms Save a Species?

    Here’s the story of Squilla, a rare North Atlantic right whale mother, and her firstborn. To help their species continue, they’d have to navigate an increasingly dangerous ocean.

    By Catrin Einhorn

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    The A.I. Power Grab

    Big tech companies say A.I. can help solve climate change, even as it’s driving up their emissions and raising doubts about their climate goals.

    By David Gelles

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    The Climate Fix: Solutions for a Warming World

    In a new weekly feature of our Climate Forward newsletter, we’re covering the vast amount of investment, ingenuity and scientific expertise that are going toward stopping climate change.

    By David Gelles

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    An Oil C.E.O. Answers Our Questions

    The Times hosted leaders and policymakers to talk about growing threats of climate change, and spoke with the C.E.O. of Occidental Petroleum.

    By David Gelles

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    Confronting Our New Reality

    Solutions to the problem of climate change have never been more clear. But the scale of the problem keeps getting bigger.

    By David Gelles

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    Climate Change Comes to the Tetons

    In one of North America’s most stunning mountain ranges, melting glaciers and warmer temperatures are raising fears of ecological tipping points.

    By David Gelles

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    Earth’s Hottest Days Ever

    Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather.

    By David Gelles

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    TV Weather Gets Political

    On-air meteorologists have become a target in the culture wars as they report on the effects of climate change.

    By David Gelles

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    The Right Kind of Tipping Point

    Global carbon dioxide emissions might have already peaked, according to new estimates, signaling a potentially monumental shift.

    By David Gelles

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    The Biden Clean Energy Boom

    The president’s signature 2022 climate law has sparked a rapid clean energy boom but its political impact is a lot less clear.

    By David Gelles

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    The Cost of Competing With China

    The Biden administration is betting that new China tariffs will be politically popular, even if they could slow the transition from fossil fuels.

    By Jim Tankersley and David Gelles

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    The Doom vs. Optimism Debate

    How to reconcile two new reports that seem to tell very different stories about the state of climate change.

    By David Gelles

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    How Changing Ocean Temperatures Could Upend Life on Earth

    Is the world’s climate close to a tipping point?

    By Katrin Bennhold, David Gelles, Raymond Zhong, Carlos Prieto, Michael Simon Johnson, Alex Stern, Diana Nguyen, Devon Taylor, Rowan Niemisto, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell and Alyssa Moxley

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    How to Save a Pristine Valley

    How a group of local activists saved the ‘Yosemite of South America’ in the unlikeliest of deals.

    By David Gelles

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    The Missing $1 Trillion

    It’s still unclear how the world will pay for developing nations to fight climate change.

    By David Gelles and Manuela Andreoni

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    Making the Case for Capitalism

    A new book argues that short-term profit incentives can deliver long-term changes to benefit the climate.

    By David Gelles

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    Tipping Points for the Planet

    Complex environmental systems are undergoing profound upheavals as a result of human activity.

    By David Gelles and Manuela Andreoni

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