By early November, it was virtually certain that 2024 would be the hottest year on record. The evidence was being felt around the world—from flooding that killed hundreds in Spain to drought in 48 of America’s 50 states. Insurance-giants dropped […]
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If you spend your time thinking about the intersection of the private sector and climate change, here at year end things may not look so good at first glance. For the past year and change, companies have faced an onslaught
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No one left this year’s United Nations climate conference, known as COP29, happy. Developed countries’ agreement to help raise hundreds of billions of dollars in annual finance for climate efforts in the Global South fell short of demands. A lack
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The annual United Nations climate change summits are always a little crazy: tens of thousands of delegates from every corner of the globe descending on a far-flung city for two weeks of heated discussions on the future of global climate
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(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) Kamala Harris and Donald Trump couldn’t be further apart when it comes to climate change, and the election will have profound impacts for how the
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(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) In some assessments, the boldest way for companies to address climate change is to look beyond their operations and cut emissions across their value
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During her 11 year stint as the sustainability manager for Columbia, Mo., Barbara Buffaloe cooked up a lot plans to adapt the city for climate change and cut its carbon footprint. The college town planned to buy renewable energy and electrify
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(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) Hurricane Helene is a significant human tragedy with more than 200 deaths reported as of Oct. 4. Thousands more have been left homeless, with North Carolina
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(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) This Climate Week, I did something crazy. In the middle of a packed week of panels, roundtables, and interviews in New York, I hopped
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The biggest challenges—and greatest opportunities—for decarbonizing industry are playing out just off the highway, a few miles from downtown Chicago in a nondescript industrial park. Here alongside the Chicago River, the Ozinga concrete company is producing and selling a lower-carbon
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