Reason.com - Free Minds and Free Markets
Reason logo Reason logo
  • Latest
  • Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Subscribe
    • Crossword
  • Video
  • Podcasts
    • All Shows
    • The Reason Roundtable
    • The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
    • The Soho Forum Debates
    • Just Asking Questions
    • The Best of Reason Magazine
    • Why We Can't Have Nice Things
  • Volokh
  • Newsletters
  • Donate
    • Donate Online
    • Donate Crypto
    • Ways To Give To Reason Foundation
    • Torchbearer Society
    • Planned Giving
  • Subscribe
    • Reason Plus Subscription
    • Print Subscription
    • Gift Subscriptions
    • Subscriber Support

Login Form

Create new account
Forgot password

Paris Agreement Climate Change

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 wind turbine is photographed in front of a factory | Photo: Tim Van der Kuip/Unsplash

Environmentalism

No Progress on Global Emissions 8 Years After Paris Climate Agreement

Officials admitted at COP28 that they are not "on track" to achieving climate goals. And they are not likely to be any time soon.

Ronald Bailey | 2.5.2024 6:00 AM

global temperature depiction | C3S/ECMWF

Climate Change

It's Official: 2023 Was the Hottest Year on Record

And 2024 could be even warmer.

Ronald Bailey | 1.9.2024 3:35 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

Nuclear power plant | Micka | Dreamstime.com

Energy & Environment

Is COP28 the 'Nuclear COP'?

Instead of opposing nuclear power, climate activists should be thronging the streets demanding a faster rollout.

Ronald Bailey | 12.11.2023 10:05 AM

Al Jaber | Kyodonews/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Environmentalism

Back to the Caves

Plus: Repatriating African art, Columbia's best and brightest, and more...

Liz Wolfe | 12.5.2023 9:30 AM

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

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

WeatherDreamstime | Ig0rzh | Dreamstime.com

Climate Change

Meeting Paris Agreement Pledges Likely To Keep Warming Increase Below 2 Degrees C

But only if politicians 30 years from now keep promises made by politicians today.

Ronald Bailey | 4.14.2022 4:24 PM

COPPolsNewscom | Andrew Milligan/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Climate Change

Will Glasgow Climate Promises Be Kept?

Accelerating market and technological trends will fortuitously keep many COP26 promises.

Ronald Bailey | 11.18.2021 2:02 PM

IMG_4165 | Ronald Bailey

Climate Change

Furious Activists Walk Out of U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow

The policies and technologies they reject as "false solutions" would actually work to mitigate climate change.

Ronald Bailey | 11.12.2021 4:50 PM

zumaglobaleleven297178 | 	Rod Harbinson/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Climate Change

China, India, and Russia Aren't Interested in Updating Their Emissions Targets Before 2025

Meanwhile, the U.S.-China Joint Glasgow Declaration is "a stage-managed nothingburger."

Ronald Bailey | 11.11.2021 1:10 PM

COP26protestNewscom | EyePress/Newscom

Climate Change

An Outbreak of Climate Optimism

But only if politicians keep their promises.

Ronald Bailey | 11.5.2021 2:45 PM

ThermometerAlbersDreamstime | Günter Albers | Dreamstime.com

Climate Change

The Scariest Predictions in the New U.N. Climate Report Are Also the Most Unlikely

The Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change issues its Sixth Assessment Report on the global climate.

Ronald Bailey | 8.9.2021 3:01 PM

8114225_16x9 | Illustration: Lex Villena; ID 67386757 © Andrey Polichenko | Dreamstime.com, ID 157940190 © Martin Holverda | Dreamstime.com, ID 174581162 © Insidestudio | Dreamstime.com

Climate Change

12 Years to Disaster? How Climate Activists Distort the Evidence

The data behind apocalypse 2030 is based on placing blame, not predicting the future.

Aaron Brown | 4.30.2021 1:38 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

topicsscience | Drew Angerer/Getty

Science

Biden Pledges to Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement

His plan says that by 2035, no electric power should be generated by burning fossil fuels, and the U.S. should commit to zero net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050.

Ronald Bailey | 1.12.2021 6:00 AM

ParisClimate2015 | MAL LANGSDON/REUTERS/Newscom

Climate Change

The U.S. Officially Withdraws from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Biden would rejoin on day one of his administration.

Ronald Bailey | 11.4.2020 4:00 PM

Double entendre? | Beata Zawrzel/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Climate Change

Activists Denounce Madrid Climate Change Conference Outcomes as 'Totally Unacceptable' and 'Deeply Flawed'

COP25 whimpers to its inconclusive close.

Ronald Bailey | 12.16.2019 3:20 PM

Next year in Glasgow! | COP25

Climate Change

COP25: U.N. Climate Negotiations in Madrid Follow Traditional Dramatic Arc

Hope, despair, diplomatic equivocation

Ronald Bailey | 12.11.2019 12:35 PM

Large image on homepages

IPCC

How Big of a Deal Is an Extra Half Degree of Global Warming?

New report declares world must be off fossil fuels entirely by 2050.

Ronald Bailey | 10.11.2018 10:05 AM

Large image on homepages

Paris Agreement Climate Change

Carbon Dioxide: U.S. Emissions Down, European Emissions Up

Despite the E.U.'s carbon markets and vast renewable energy subsidies

Ronald Bailey | 5.4.2018 4:00 PM

Large image on homepages

Climate Change

23rd U.N. Climate Change Conference Opens in Bonn

The Trump administration sends low-level bureaucrats as delegates to the climate negotiations.

Ronald Bailey | 11.7.2017 3:15 PM

Large image on homepages

Natural Gas

Coal as 'Clean' as Natural Gas?

A renaissance for King Coal?

Ronald Bailey | 6.9.2017 10:40 AM

Large image on homepages

Paris Agreement Climate Change

Paris Climate Agreement Wasn't Going to Save the Planet

So America's withdrawal won't lead to global doom.

Shikha Dalmia | 6.6.2017 10:00 AM

Large image on homepages

Paris Agreement Climate Change

The Progressive Left Devours Its Own [Reason Podcast]

Nick Gillespie, Andrew Heaton, Katherine Mangu-Ward, & Matt Welch on terrorism, climate change, Bill Maher, Kathy Griffin, Evergreen, and more.

Nick Gillespie and Ian Keyser | 6.5.2017 4:15 PM

Large image on homepages | Adriano Alecchi Mondadori Portfolio/Newscom

Environmentalism

Trump Exaggerates Price of Paris Climate Accord

Today, as in the past, the opponents of environmental protection vastly exaggerate the expense of reducing pollution.

Steve Chapman | 6.5.2017 10:15 AM

Large image on homepages

The Fifth Column

Paris Pullout, Russia Reboots, and LeBron Hate Crimes: The New Fifth Column

Also listen to the Sirius XM POTUS version Sunday at 3 pm ET

Matt Welch | 6.3.2017 2:55 PM

Large image on homepages

Climate Change

Pulling Out of Paris Won't Doom the Planet

Trump may be nuts but liberals need to get a grip.

Shikha Dalmia | 6.2.2017 9:47 AM

Large image on homepages | Whitehouse.gov

Climate Change

Paris Agreement Pull-out Hysteria: Watch Kennedy on Fox Business Network at 8 pm ET

Matt Welch joins panel for discussion about Trump's symbolic anti-multilateralist move

Matt Welch | 6.1.2017 7:50 PM

Large image on homepages

Paris Agreement Climate Change

Trump Announces Withdrawal From Paris Climate Deal. What Happens Now?

The climate after Trump

Ronald Bailey | 6.1.2017 3:50 PM

Large image on homepages

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

Large image on homepages

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

Large image on homepages

Temperature Trends

For U.S. 'Dangerous' Climate Change Is Like Moving 180 Miles South: New at Reason

New study finds Americans would prefer warmer weather on balance

Ronald Bailey | 4.7.2017 1:30 PM

Large image on homepages

Donald Trump

Donald Trump's Climate Change Executive Order Will Make Energy Cheaper

But it will not bring back a lot of coal mining jobs.

Ronald Bailey | 3.28.2017 2:55 PM

Large image on homepages

Temperature Trends

Climate Scientists Manipulated Temperature Data to Fool Politicians and Public, Claims 'Whistleblower'

Another update on the 'settled science' of climate change

Ronald Bailey | 2.6.2017 1:20 PM

Large image on homepages

Greenhouse gases

Climate Policy Actually Slowed Decarbonization Trends

Paris climate agreement will reduce global warming by 0.2 degrees Celsius by 2100

Ronald Bailey | 11.29.2016 3:20 PM

Large image on homepages

Energy & Environment

Energy Poverty Is Much Worse for the Poor Than Climate Change

Forcing poor people to forego economic development in order to prevent climate change is 'morally dubious'

Ronald Bailey | 11.25.2016 1:30 PM

Large image on homepages

Donald Trump

Trump Will 'Keep an Open Mind' About the Paris Climate Change Agreement

So says the president-elect in an interview this afternoon with the New York Times.

Ronald Bailey | 11.22.2016 3:45 PM

Large image on homepages

Paris Agreement Climate Change

No More Coal for Rich Countries by 2030

Is such a scheme for eliminating coal in just 13 years as a source of electric power generation in rich countries likely?

Ronald Bailey | 11.15.2016 10:15 AM

Large image on homepages

Donald Trump

Game Over for the Climate?

First dispatch from COP22: Trump, Peak Carbon Dioxide, and Extreme Weather Events.

Ronald Bailey | 11.14.2016 9:59 AM

Large image on homepages

Temperature Trends

2016 Could Edge Out 1998 as Hottest Year in Satellite Temperature Record

U.N. climate change meeting opens today in Marrakech, Morocco.

Ronald Bailey | 11.7.2016 10:40 AM

Large image on homepages

Donald Trump

Election 2016 and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change: New at Reason

Is joining the new universal climate accord irreversible?

Ronald Bailey | 11.4.2016 2:01 PM

Large image on homepages

Paris Agreement Climate Change

Paris Climate Agreement Comes Into Effect

U.S. not on track to meet Obama's promised greenhouse gas cuts

Ronald Bailey | 10.5.2016 11:45 AM

  • About
  • Browse Topics
  • Events
  • Staff
  • Jobs
  • Donate
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • Media
  • Shop
  • Amazon
Reason Facebook@reason on XReason InstagramReason TikTokReason YoutubeApple PodcastsReason on FlipboardReason RSS

© 2025 Reason Foundation | Accessibility | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Take Reason's short survey for a chance to win $300
Take Reason's short survey for a chance to win $300
Take Reason's short survey for a chance to win $300