Pittsburgh study links dark roofs and roads to higher heat and social vulnerability

Cities are increasingly becoming the epicenter of climate-related risks, with research showing that impervious surfaces (e.g.

Maine’s shellfish harvesters are caught up in climate-related closures

The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Inside Climate News report that Maine's shellfish harvesters face increasing ...
webtv.un.org

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Climate, Peace and Security

Climate variability and extremes are associated with more prolonged conflict through food price spikes, food and water insecurity, loss of income and loss of livelihoods (high confidence) ...
NBC News

Trump's exit from global climate treaty leaves U.S. without a voice in negotiations

President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from international organizations affiliated with the United Nations leaves the country without a meaningful voice in global climate talks. In an ...
The New York Times

What Is the UNFCCC and Why Is the U.S. Pulling Out?

The Trump administration said Wednesday that the United States was withdrawing from 66 international agreements, including a major climate change treaty. By Somini Sengupta President Trump on ...
Scientific American

Why Trump’s Abrupt Exit from Pivotal Climate Treaty Matters

CLIMATEWIRE | President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the world’s overarching treaty on climate change in a move that escalates his attempts to reverse years of global ...
Climate Central

2025 in Review: U.S. Billion-Dollar Disasters

Climate Central has finalized its analysis of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters that impacted the U.S. between January and December of 2025. In 2025 there were 23 weather and climate ...