Global Warming & Climate Change

2009

• Searching for CCS

  Holly Wren Spaulding : Technology

  Will carbon capture and sequestration help us avoid runaway climate change?

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  The Global South Bloc

  Mark Hertsgaard : World

  Poor countries can make big gains in climate talks if they stick together, argues Saleemul Huq.

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  An Inconvenient Solution

  Bill McKibben : Al Gore

  In Our Choice, Al Gore explains what must be done. But is there the political will to do it?

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  Regreening Africa

  Mark Hertsgaard : Africa

  In the dry Sahel, farmers are already adapting to climate change.

• The Road to Copenhagen

  

• Beyond Copenhagen

  The Editors

  Many obstacles stand in the path of a successful global agreement. But Obama can still take the lead on fighting climate change.

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  Climate Activists Hit the Streets

  Nathaniel Herz : Environmental Activism

  Turnout for 350.org's International Climate Day of Action was high in New York City--and in some of the developing nations most vulnerable to effects of global warming.

• Climate Roulette

  Mark Hertsgaard

  A frightening new climate change study says the United States must quit carbon within ten years.

• Copenhagen: Obama Better Go Back

  Naomi Klein

  If Obama can go to Copenhagen to support Chicago's Olympic bid, he can go back for the UN climate change summit.

• The Politics of Global Climate Change

  GRIT TV

  Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya on the UN deliberations and what can be expected at the climate summit in December.

• Factoring People Into Climate Change

  Barbara Crossette : Reproductive Rights

  More and more experts now say that climate change and population increase should be viewed together. Local politicians in developing countries often try to heat up the issue.

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  People, Let's Get Our Carbon Down

  Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. & Bill McKibben : Music

  From soul to hip-hop: the new environmental movement has a street beat.

• Inside the Politics of Climate Change

  VideoNation

  The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin discusses the prospect of climate change legislation in 2009: Will the 'ACES' bill, passed in the House, also pass the Senate?

• The G-8 Abdicates

  The Editors : G8

  To prevent catastrophic climate change, wealthy nations must pony up on emissions cuts and subsidies to the developing world.

• Why Obama Needs Tough Love

  VideoNation : Health Care Policy

  Rep. Donna Edwards discusses the important role progressives should play in influencing the Obama presidency.

• Can America Make a Deal to Save the Planet?

  Sophie Ragsdale : Environment

  Despite inaction over the past eight years, the United States still has a chance to reclaim a leading global role in curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

• Green Power Struggle

  Christopher Hayes : Environment

  An act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired generator in DC shows the movement to halt global warming is now in its second act.