COP15: Climate-Change Conference

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TIME looks at the agenda for the talks in Copenhagen that began on Dec. 7, 2009 Read More »

Are Poor Nations Owed a Climate Debt?

To many, climate change is more an ethical problem than an economic or political one More »
Meeting Carbon Targets

The actual work of reducing carbon emissions will ultimately be a technological problem More »
Temperature Rise Projections

A new study suggests that the most recent global temperature projections — a rise of 4°C or 7°C by 2100 — are incomplete More »
5 Things to Watch For

Negotiators have an extraordinary job ahead: to lay down the framework for the next global treaty More »
10 Endangered Exports

Exports — from Italian pasta to Argentine honey — that are likely to be hit as our climate shifts More »
Photos: Himalayan Glaciers Under Threat

Climate change at the top of the world imperils Asia's water supply More »
Viewpoint: Beyond Copenhagen

The climate-change summit will not produce a plan. So it's time for a fresh approach More »
Photos: Global Warming Threatens Penguins

How rising temperatures and melting ice have affected the habitats of five species of the swimming birds More »
Photos: Peru's Sacred Glacier Is Melting

Warmer temperatures eat away at an ancient glacier high in the Andes, throwing the native communities into a spiritual crisis More »
Video: Looking at Ice to See Our Past

The North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling Project is using ice to map our history More »