Covering Climate Now: COP26
Covering Climate Now is a project co-founded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation aimed at strengthening the media’s focus on the climate crisis. WBUR is one of 400+ news organizations from more than 50 countries that have committed to a week of heightened climate coverage in the lead-up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow
Chin up, climate crusaders. We're about to rebuild America
The U.S. is on the verge of making biggest the investment in tackling the climate crisis the world has ever seen, writes Margie Alt. We should be shouting that from...
Access to water is a human right. When will the U.S. government agree?
Water policy should be a central concern for nations as they gather at COP26, writes Martha F. Davis. Currently, the U.S. is failing to anticipate and prevent the health threats...
Who should pay for the climate catastrophe?
The most thorny debates on display at COP26 have to do with climate finance and justice. Rich nations have a moral responsibility to compensate poor nations for climate change harm,...
Ed Markey: Congress must send Biden to COP26 with a deal on climate
After four years of Donald Trump’s climate destruction and denial, President Biden has the chance to show the world that ‘America is back,’ writes Sen. Ed Markey.