Should we do nothing or should we do something? There’s a lot we can ask ourselves about climate change, but in the end, this is the question that really matters in the immediate experience of…

On a planet wracked by rising seas, expanding deserts, withering biodiversity, and hotter temperatures, that’s a fraught question to answer. Food production accounts for roughly a quarter of the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions, and scientists have found that…

Cartoonist Bob Mankoff’s most famous work for the New Yorker was the 1993 cartoon of a guy making a lunch appointment, concluding “No, Thursday’s out. How about never – Is never good for you?” Looking…

“I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is,”  When Greta Thunberg addressed leaders at the World Economic Forum, she explained to them that they were rapidly running out…

Let’s say you want to donate $25 to fighting climate change. Where should your money go? Since I started this newsletter, this inquiry (or something like it) is among the most common questions I’ve received…

Congressman Huffman understands the importance of climate action as a top priority issue. On the Congressman’s, ‘Environment and Climate Change,’ pag

The eruption of historically restive Taal Volcano in the Philippines (pictured above in 1904) sent a plume of ash nine miles high, shut down the country’s main international airport (which serves Manila), forced the evacuation…

Going green can make your home feel refreshed and new again, and the lower utility bills that come with being environmentally friendly are simply icing on the cake.

At the frontlines of the climate crisis, the Great White North is boxed-in. To the east, rising seas are increasing structural safety problems with shoreline erosion. Recurring flooding is damaging the nation’s water infrastructure. The…

I spend a lot of time critiquing solutions for low-carbon transformation, and that leads, inevitably, to people asking me: what works? What should we be doing?

If your mailbox feels like it’s just a holding cell for your trash can, don’t worry: Unsubscribing from snail mail is almost as easy as unsubscribing from email spam.

Most people want to support sustainable tourism, even though the concept remains fuzzy.

Keep America Beautiful®, the nonprofit steward of litter prevention for more than six decades, is partnering with Fishbrain, the world’s most popular mobile app and social network for people who love fishing, to ask the…

Welcome to the Climate Fwd: newsletter. The New York Times climate team emails readers once a week with stories and insights about climate change.

You might call them senior climate commandos. Each is over 60 – some well over – an age not generally thought of as being consumed by activism. And yet they, and a growing number of…

Exactly how humans came up with the idea of roasting and brewing coffee beans isn’t clear. More certain is the fact that coffee has grown into a global industry worth billions of dollars. And with…

Researchers have determined the carbon cost of meeting our basic needs.

Across the globe, hotels, operators, cruise lines and tourists are encountering the effects of global warming.

Saving our planet from climate change isn’t impossible. So let’s do it. People have adopted the mindset that the problems we have caused the environment are irreversible, and so there is no point in doing…

When I hear the latest bad news about climate change, I freeze up. I don’t deny the reality of climate change. The recently issued United Nations report predicts a global warming crisis as early as…

It’s Climate Week in New York City, which means businesses, non-profits, and academic institutions are working across the city to raise awareness and keep climate action at the top of the global agenda.

Researchers at Lund University examined all of the information we have on preventing climate change and determined the most effective and efficient ways for individuals to make a difference. These are the top ways to reduce your…

The inventors, entrepreneurs and disrupters who are changing (and maybe saving) the world one brilliant idea at a time

Take one round-trip flight between New York and California, and you’ve generated about 20 percent of the greenhouse gases that your car emits over an entire year. If you’re flying, you’re adding a significant amount of planet-warming…

The word “organic” is a powerful marketing tool. In clothing—just as in food—brands love to tout their use of organic agricultural products to show they’re doing their part to fight the industry’s outsized environmental footprint. They know consumers want products they believe are better for…