For the past two weeks, negotiators from around the world gathered in Durban, South Africa to discuss the next steps on a global climate treaty. Extending the negotiations by two extra days, delegates agreed on a path forward toward a global agreement with legal force that will apply to all countries in the years ahead.

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Climate change is a problem we are facing right now, and it affects the weather we see every day. The next time someone asks you what climate change is, try using this graphic as a handy visual guide.

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The new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) challenges us to think beyond changes in global average temperature and consider the impacts of climate change in our own backyards.

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Prevention and early management can often seem bothersome, but that’s the only way to prevent some problems from causing irreparable damage. In the case of global climate change, the longer we wait, the more difficult and costly the solution gets.

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Today, the world is swept up in an economic crisis and engaged in passionate debate about how to solve it. But as this new report reminds us, we face another crisis that is just as immediate and urgent: a crisis about our climate and our vulnerability to extreme weather.

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Pumping carbon pollution into the air is like trying to beat someone playing with crooked dice. We may get lucky for a spell, but we can’t beat the odds forever.

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There’s an old saying that goes: “The only thing constant in life is change.” Because living things already cope with [...]

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