In addition to international stakes, states and cities face additionally challenges to acting autonomously this time around.

Donald Trump came to power for the second time on January 20, 2025. He has since moved aggressively across immigration, ...

And governments would still confront the same physical, engineering, and economic constraints that no treaty can repeal. That ...

Even as scientists warn that the pace of global warming is accelerating, President Donald Trump has escalated his retreat ...

On Jan 7, President Donald Trump declared that he would officially pull the United States out of the world’s most important global treaty for combating climate change. He said it was because the ...

President Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from several global initiatives during his second term in office so far, including, most recently, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at the AI boom’s water problem and stabilized funding for the California ...

Jan 12, 2026 // Our institutions are not collapsing—they are misaligned with reality, being designed for isolated shocks ...

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said she was proud of the way U.S. mayors took the lead on climate issues as the White House ...

The United States — the largest source of historical emissions and top user and producer of oil and gas — will stand as the ...

The Trump administration this week announced its intention to withdraw the United States from over 60 international ...

"We need to start reducing emissions globally by 5% per year," Rockstrom said. "It's our last chance. And exactly at that ...