Articles by Ben Adler
Ben Adler covers environmental policy and politics for Grist, with a focus on climate change, energy, and cities. When he isn't contemplating the world's end, he also writes about architecture and media. You can follow him on Twitter.
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Activists on the street have the last word in Paris
As many as 10,000 people from across Europe and beyond made the point that the Paris climate agreement isn't nearly strong enough.
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![From L-R, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius, President-designate of COP21 and French President Francois Hollande react during the final plenary session at the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 12, 2015.]()
![From L-R, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius, President-designate of COP21 and French President Francois Hollande react during the final plenary session at the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 12, 2015.]()
Here’s what you need to know about the new Paris climate agreement
What will the deal do? What things made it into the text? What didn’t? We explain all.
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The Paris climate agreement won’t call for keeping fossil fuels in the ground
The U.N. negotiations aren’t even discussing ways to keep oil, gas, and coal from being extracted, and that’s a huge missed opportunity.
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Here’s why the words “loss and damage” are causing such a fuss at the Paris climate talks
A big sticking point in the negotiations is language about helping developing countries after they are hit by climate-related disasters.
