Protecting coasts without cooking the planet
Low-carbon, low-cost coastal resilience is possible if designers, builders, and policymakers work together.
Tue, Jan 6, 2026
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Germany’s battery boom reframes the energy transition
The country shows how consumers value green tech – with global lessons for utilities and policymakers.
Tue, Dec 16, 2025
Protecting nature to stabilize climate
Climate change and biodiversity loss are tightly linked crises. Treating them as separate problems risks making both worse.
Wed, Dec 10, 2025
When the Atlantic creeps closer
Marrying science and planning, a five-year Harvard study has helped a vulnerable Massachusetts peninsula prepare for rough seas ahead.
Mon, Dec 8, 2025
How trash could fuel cleaner takeoffs
Turning city waste into jet fuel could trim aviation’s footprint. Unlike other biofuels, it does not use cropland.
Tue, Nov 18, 2025
A green edge to global growth
A climate coalition centered on carbon pricing can help many emerging economies coordinate a response to new carbon border fees, raising domestic revenues while helping the world economy grow greener.
Wed, Nov 5, 2025
The road to Belém
Ahead of COP30, a brief history of the complex relationship between people and the Amazon – and how the forest came to be undervalued
Tue, Oct 21, 2025
Chocolate’s climate crisis
Harvard researchers find changing rainfall patterns spell a volatile future for global cocoa crops, turning chocolate into a climate barometer.
Thu, Oct 16, 2025
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