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Climate Treaty

Trump signs documents at a desk surrounded by people | Melina Mara/UPI/Newscom

Trump Administration

Trump To Withdraw From Paris Climate Change Agreement, Again

Does it matter?

Ronald Bailey | 1.20.2025 5:10 PM

A hand holds a thermometer against a background of cracked earth and blue sky | Meryll | Dreamstime.com

Climate Change

2024 Was the Hottest Year On Record

Most researchers report the global temperature last year was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average.

Ronald Bailey | 1.10.2025 3:35 PM

A protestor at the United Nations Climate Change Conference | Dominika Zarzycka/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Energy & Environment

Poor Nations Fail to Extract $1.3 Trillion Annually from Rich Countries at U.N. Climate Change Conference

They are instead promised $300 billion, but the Trump administration will not likely pony any international climate finance.

Ronald Bailey | 11.25.2024 3:25 PM

Sign from United Nations' 29th annual Climate Change Conference | Bianca Otero/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Climate Change

Trump and Climate Change Policy

Expect the incoming Trump administration to withdraw from the Paris Climate Change Agreement on Day 1.

Ronald Bailey | 11.11.2024 5:05 PM

Sultan Al Jaber presides over the COP28 climate summit | U.N.

Energy & Environment

No Fossil Fuel Phase-Out in COP28 Climate Deal

But perhaps the beginning of the end of era of fossil fuels?

Ronald Bailey | 12.13.2023 9:45 AM

COP28 | Christopher Pike/COP28 / Polaris/Newscom

Energy & Environment

Will the Climate Deal Do Anything?

Plus: White supremacists and plagiarism, Milei and shock therapy, checking in on California, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 12.13.2023 9:30 AM

Climate change protests to end fossil fuel use | Hannes P Albert/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom

Science

There Is No 1.5°C Climate Cliff

The world will not come to its end in 2030 because of climate change.

Ronald Bailey | 12.12.2023 12:50 PM

Woman analyzing environmental and climate data | Nuttapong Punna | Dreamstime.com

Climate Change

Promoting Free Market Solutions to Climate Change at COP28

How to declare a ceasefire in the carbon tariff wars.

Ronald Bailey | 12.11.2023 2:05 PM

COP28 Logo | Doersbd21 | Dreamstime.com

Climate Change

COP28: No 'Phase Out' of Fossil Fuels After All

Countries could include reducing the consumption and production of fossil fuels.

Ronald Bailey | 12.11.2023 12:03 PM

zumaamericasthirtynine948471 | 	Dominika Zarzycka/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Climate Change

Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Frenzy at COP28

The activist demand that the U.S. phase out all fossil fuels in eight years is borderline insane.

Ronald Bailey | 12.8.2023 3:05 PM

Attendees of the Cop28 climate conference in Dubai walking | NATO / Polaris/Newscom

Climate Change

Private Jets to the Climate Conference

Plus: Chinese migrants, socialized medicine kills, NYC can't handle preteen bullies, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 12.4.2023 9:30 AM

Climate protesters | Bailey

Climate Change

U.N. Climate Change Conference Opens During Hottest Year on Record

It seems unlikely that activists' demands to "keep 1.5 alive" will be met.

Ronald Bailey | 11.30.2023 6:00 PM

COP28Image | UAE

Climate Change

U.N.'s 28th Climate Change Conference Opens Next Week in Dubai

Previewing the "global stocktake" of climate progress, demands for climate reparations, and the call for a worldwide fossil fuel phase-out.

Ronald Bailey | 11.27.2023 9:00 AM

John Kerry shakes hands with PRC Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua in front of flags for the United States and China | State Department

Climate Change

New U.S.-China Climate Deal: Same as the Old Deals

China pledges again to do exactly what it was going to do anyway.

Ronald Bailey | 11.16.2023 3:35 PM

GlobalThermometerDreamstime | Narith Thongphasuk | Dreamstime.com

Climate Change

This Might Be the Hottest Year You've Ever Experienced

But there may come a time when you remember it as cool.

Ronald Bailey | 10.6.2023 4:11 PM

COP27LogoPhoto | Ronald Bailey

Climate Change

A New Climate Change Loss and Damage Fund Established at U.N. Climate Change Conference

Poor countries expecting a climate change reparations bonanza will likely be disappointed.

Ronald Bailey | 11.21.2022 5:40 PM

Climate change activists hold up signs about rising temperatures at COP27 | Ronald Bailey

Climate Change

Despite Climate Change Activists' Demands, 1.5°C Is Already Dead

The good news is that does not mean "instant Armageddon" by 2030.

Ronald Bailey | 11.18.2022 1:10 PM

Xi Jinping and Joe Biden | CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/2211141503/Credit:CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA

Climate Change

China's Climate Change Con Carries On

And the U.S. keeps falling for it.

Ronald Bailey | 11.17.2022 1:33 PM

Nuclear power | Vaclav Volrab | Dreamstime.com

Nuclear Power

At the U.N.'s Climate Change Conference, Nuclear Power Is Finally Getting Some Respect

The bigger problem now is that outmoded regulations stand in the way of deployment.

Ronald Bailey | 11.17.2022 11:20 AM

Permitting hell vs. climate hell |  Alphaspirit | Dreamstime.com

Climate Change

Permitting Hell vs. Climate Hell at COP27

Onerous environmental permitting regulations make rapid renewable energy deployment in the United States a "fantasy."

Ronald Bailey | 11.15.2022 12:30 PM

Climate disasters | Stringer / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom

Climate Change

Climate Reparations and the Problem of Pervasive Corruption

At COP27, poor countries demand climate change "loss and damage" funding from rich countries.

Ronald Bailey | 11.14.2022 11:11 AM

HFCDreamstime | David Spates | Dreamstime.com

Climate Treaty

Senate Committee Approves Climate Treaty

The pact will phase down the use of HFC coolants.

Ronald Bailey | 5.5.2022 5:15 PM

dpaphotosfive431550(1) | Christoph Soeder/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom

Climate Change

Free Markets Are the Best and Fastest Way to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Top-down mandates will only slow down the energy transition.

Ronald Bailey | 11.9.2021 2:15 PM

CO2ElnurDreamstime | Elnur/Dreamstime

Climate Change

U.S. More Than Meets Pledged Copenhagen Climate Accord Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cuts

"The vast majority of 2020's emission reductions were due to decreased economic activity."

Ronald Bailey | 1.12.2021 2:40 PM

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Paris Agreement Climate Change

Can Trump Unilaterally Withdraw from International Climate Agreements?

Here's what the law says.

Ronald Bailey | 6.1.2017 9:15 AM

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Paris Agreement Climate Change

Should President Trump Keep His Promise to Cancel the Paris Agreement on Climate Change?

Instead, submit the Paris agreement as a treaty to Senate for a vote

Ronald Bailey | 5.4.2017 3:45 PM

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Barack Obama

Obama and Xi 'Ratify' Paris Climate Change Agreement

But remember, the Paris Agreement is NOT a treaty!

Ronald Bailey | 9.3.2016 10:24 AM

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Politics

Earth Day 2016: Paris Climate Agreement Signed

Too weak or a giant bureaucratic threat to democracy?

Ronald Bailey | 4.22.2016 1:30 PM

Large image on homepages | COP PARIS / Flickr

Politics

A New Central Plan for the Climate

Representatives of 195 countries hammer out an emissions accord in Paris.

Ronald Bailey | 3.1.2016 12:00 PM

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Paris Climate Change Conference

Bottom-Up Paris Climate Accord May Surprise Activists and Skeptics

Third dispatch: What happens if global temperature doesn't go up?

Ronald Bailey | 12.9.2015 10:03 AM

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Politics

Paris Climate Confab Preview: Culmination or Crack-Up?

The endgame in the quest for a universal climate treaty

Ronald Bailey | 11.27.2015 1:30 PM

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Computer modeling

World Could Still Keep Future Man-Made Warming Below 2 Degrees Celsius

So says the new U.N. analysis of national climate plans from 146 countries

Ronald Bailey | 10.30.2015 11:33 AM

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