Climate Change

The urgency of addressing human causes of climate change has long been apparent. To amplify this issue that's paramount to us all, KPBS has launched a Climate Change Desk to step up our coverage of this existential threat including reported stories and interviews with experts and newsmakers.

Health

Plastic waste is everywhere. Countries have one more chance to agree on a solution

Michael Copley

Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.
A new installation lets you hear extinct and endangered animal sounds, thanks to Björk

Chloe Veltman

The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what's lost and what we stand to lose as a result of human-caused climate change.
Environment

With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal

Michael Copley

Jeff Brady

Julia Simon

Alejandra Borunda

Lauren Sommer

Representatives of developing countries and climate activists were furious over the outcome, saying $300 billion annually from industrialized countries is far short of what vulnerable nations need to better protect themselves from climate change.
Health

Climate change plays a role in global rise of dengue fever

Alejandra Borunda

Over 12 million cases of dengue fever were reported in 2024, the most ever. A study suggests climate change has likely played a significant role in the disease's expansion.
Health

For the first time ever, Taliban reps were invited to the big U.N. climate conference

Ruchi Kumar

Since the Taliban took power 2021, Afghanistan has not been invited to big climate conferences. And money for projects addressing climate-related issues has been frozen. Are things about to change?
How will China impact the future of climate change? You might be surprised

Julia Simon

As a new Trump administration signals a retreat on climate action, China is stepping up. China is the biggest producer of climate technologies like electric vehicles and solar panels.
Environment

Richer countries are starting to pay poorer ones for climate change damages

Lauren Sommer

With climate-related disasters getting more extreme, richer countries are piloting ways to compensate developing nations, since they bear the least responsibility for causing climate change.
Environment

Countries agreed to try to hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Is that still possible?

Alejandra Borunda

In the 2015 Paris Agreement, most countries agreed to try hard to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Delay and inaction mean that goal is becoming harder to achieve by the day.
Politics

Biden marks his climate legacy during Amazon visit, asserting 'nobody' can reverse it

Asma Khalid

"Some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that's underway in America, but nobody — nobody — can reverse it," Biden said. But Trump has vowed to roll back those plans.
Environment

This soil is slowly burning, releasing CO2. The solution? Let water reclaim it

Dan Charles

Peatlands, formed by ancient wetlands, store more carbon than the world's forests. But when they're drained for farming, they vent heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air.