Proposed Ambler Access Road in Alaska divides Inupiaq community

In Northwest Alaska, a proposed 211-mile mining road has divided an Inupiaq community already devastated by climate change. The Western Arctic Caribou Herd has plummeted 66% in two decades while salmon runs have collapsed from record rainfall and warming waters. The Trump-approved Ambler Access Road would unlock copper deposits and other minerals that could be used for green energies. But the road also threatens the fish and caribou that Indigenous communities depend on. Some, like hunter Tristen Pattee, support the road, and argue mining jobs offer the only way to afford subsistence hunting as costs soar. Others fear it will destroy what little remains of their way of life.

Centuries of net-negative emissions are required to secure a safe climate future, two studies suggest

Two new studies conclude that stabilizing long-term climate risks will require sustained net-negative carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions for centuries. Approaching the problem from distinct perspectives—legal and technological feasibility on the one hand, and economic optimization under uncertainty on the other—the research converges on a consistent message: reaching net zero is not enough.

New threats and new tools: reinventing energy security for an era of instability

Policy-driven growth of technologies to accelerate climate action - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Accelerating the growth of low-carbon technologies is important for achieving climate targets and is the focus of many policies. This Perspective outlines four phases in the growth of policy-driven technologies and the policy requirements to achieve acceleration in each phase.

Almost a third of 2026 Oscar-nominated films acknowledge climate change

To pass the ‘climate reality check,’ a movie must depict climate change in some way, and a character in the story must recognize it.

A pathway to achieve high well-being and a safe climate without relying on GDP growth

Governments' attempts to achieve climate goals are falling short, in large part because wealthy economies are continuing to pursue economic growth. As these economies ramp up production and consumption, they make climate mitigation more difficult to achieve. As a result, the Paris Agreement is slipping out of reach, putting nature and human societies in jeopardy.