Tina Gerhardt

Tina Gerhardt is an environmental journalist who covers international climate change negotiations, domestic energy policy and sea level rise. She is author of Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean (University of California Press, 2023). Her writing has been published in Grist, The Nation, The Progressive, Sierra Magazine, and Washington Monthly. You can follow her on Twitter @TinaGerhardtEJ.

Climate ChangeNovember 25, 2022

Dismantling Bretton Woods to Pay the Climate Bill

Mia Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, has a plan to create a new financial system that would fund climate spending.

Tina Gerhardt
WorldNovember 23, 2022

In a Historic Move, Frontline Communities Will Be Compensated for Climate Crisis Impacts

At the UN climate negotiations, delegates celebrated the decision to create a mechanism by which developed countries will compensate developing countries for the havoc wreaked upon them by climate change.

Tina Gerhardt
EnvironmentNovember 11, 2022

As COP 27 Begins, Demands for Loss and Damage Compensation Grow Louder

Nations in the Global South have been increasingly focused on securing the means to address the impacts of climate change that are already here.

Tina Gerhardt
Climate ChangeNovember 3, 2022

Debt and Inequality Will Be Key Issues at the UN’s Next Climate Conference

At COP27, activists will be focused on all the ways developed nations have made it harder for developing nations to survive the climate crisis.

Tina Gerhardt
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Climate ChangeNovember 29, 2021

At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark

The new focus on equity in the climate movement will keep the pressure where it belongs: on the Global North.

Tina Gerhardt for The Nation
EnvironmentNovember 15, 2021

COP26 Ends With Promises, but Not Nearly Enough Progress

The UN climate conference’s agreement acknowledges several key issues for the first time—but doesn’t do enough to address them.

Tina Gerhardt
EnvironmentNovember 12, 2021

Youth Activists Fight for Their Future at COP 26

On emissions targets, on funding to developing nations, and on phasing out fossil fuels, youth are demanding that COP26 deliver.

Tina Gerhardt
EnvironmentNovember 9, 2021

At COP 26, Island Nations Demand Action on Funding and Emissions

Islands have contributed little to global emissions yet stand to suffer disproportionately from climate change. Now, they are demanding more funding to protect themselves.

Tina Gerhardt
WorldNovember 5, 2021

Landmark Agreements at COP26 Put Nails in Coal’s Coffin

At least 25 countries agreed to end public subsidies for overseas oil and gas development, and more than 23 have committed to ending coal altogether.

Tina Gerhardt
EnvironmentNovember 1, 2021

This Is the Decade to Reduce Emissions

At this week’s climate negotiations in Glasgow, countries must get serious about detailing their plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Tina Gerhardt

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Tina Gerhardt

Climate ChangeNovember 25, 2022

Mia Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, has a plan to create a new financial system that would fund climate spending.

WorldNovember 23, 2022

At the UN climate negotiations, delegates celebrated the decision to create a mechanism by which developed countries will compensate developing countries for the havoc wreaked upon them by climate change.

EnvironmentNovember 11, 2022

Nations in the Global South have been increasingly focused on securing the means to address the impacts of climate change that are already here.

Climate ChangeNovember 3, 2022

At COP27, activists will be focused on all the ways developed nations have made it harder for developing nations to survive the climate crisis.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Climate ChangeNovember 29, 2021

The new focus on equity in the climate movement will keep the pressure where it belongs: on the Global North.

EnvironmentNovember 15, 2021

The UN climate conference’s agreement acknowledges several key issues for the first time—but doesn’t do enough to address them.

EnvironmentNovember 12, 2021

On emissions targets, on funding to developing nations, and on phasing out fossil fuels, youth are demanding that COP26 deliver.

EnvironmentNovember 9, 2021

Islands have contributed little to global emissions yet stand to suffer disproportionately from climate change. Now, they are demanding more funding to protect themselves.

WorldNovember 5, 2021

At least 25 countries agreed to end public subsidies for overseas oil and gas development, and more than 23 have committed to ending coal altogether.

EnvironmentNovember 1, 2021

At this week’s climate negotiations in Glasgow, countries must get serious about detailing their plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions.