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Our buildings are "wrongly designed," according to IPCC report author
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Our buildings are "wrongly designed," according to IPCC report author

The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is here, and it outlines how buildings are one of the worst climate offenders—but there are solutions hiding in plain sight.
Impacts
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Architects prepare for global warming in the Middle East

As global warming engulfs the planet, the Middle East is becoming increasingly uninhabitable.

Cities aren't adapting to climate change fast enough
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Cities aren't adapting to climate change fast enough

Just 25 of the world’s cities account for 52% of total urban greenhouse gas emissions. This means that focusing on these cities can make a huge difference to the arc of long-term warming.
This wildly reinvented wind turbine generates five times more energy than its competitors
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This wildly reinvented wind turbine generates five times more energy than its competitors

It could power up to 100,000 households.
Chicago: museum to the intersection of racism and climate change
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Chicago: museum to the intersection of racism and climate change

The MacArthur Foundation invited 29 of its genius grantees to showcase work exploring issues of environmental racism.
Solutions
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These playful street lamps are powered by the wind

The Papilio lamps look like giant pinwheels but are actually energy-saving lights that are entirely off the grid.
Impacts
Sea level rise is unstoppable. Here's how to adapt

Sea level rise is unstoppable. Here's how to adapt

Sea level rise will erase entire cities and render homes, buildings, and roads unusable. A new book lays out key design strategies to help us adapt.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Person wearing green jacket with the word Greenpeace on the back.

Greenpeace verdict over pipeline protest defamation could spell problems for environmental activism and speech

A petrochemical plant on the water at nighttime.

Petrochemical industry struggles with overcapacity, rising costs, and shaky green investments

The word plastic spelled out in multicolored letters.

Plastic ban in Bangladesh struggles as eco-friendly bags face high costs

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A black and white photo of the supreme court

Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

silhouette of people holding hands by a lake at sunset

An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

CLIMATE
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro speaks with the state flag and American flag behind him.

Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

An NOAA truck with a weather satellite on the back.

Trump’s government cuts disrupt NOAA forecasts and data collection