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

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.
National

Sixth beach house collapses in North Carolina's Outer Banks in the past 6 months

Juliana Kim

The daily effects of strong winds, large waves, as well as rising sea levels — which are fueled by human-caused climate change — are causing beaches on the Outer Banks to wash away.
Environment

When will greenhouse gas emissions finally peak? Could be soon

Lauren Sommer

Fossil fuel emissions have increased steadily for almost two centuries. Now, the world may soon reach an important turning point for climate change.
Environment

Trump wants to 'Drill, baby, drill.' What does that mean for climate concerns?

A Martínez

H.J. Mai

President-elect Donald Trump wants to increase oil and gas production and roll back the Inflation Reduction Act. We asked energy and climate policy expert Brian Murray what that would mean.