After hearing Bill McKibben speak at an event near my home in 2008, I began to keep a “global cooling journal” in which I recorded actions I was taking to fight climate change.

When I grow up, I want to be Jane Goodall.

Dr. Goodall’s time spent in the forests of Africa mean that she not only understands the intrinsic value and beauty of the forests themselves, she also deeply understands the interconnection of people and forests.

Yesterday, while addressing a crowd of hundreds at the Avoided Deforestation Partners event in COP-17 in Durban, she laid it out quite simply, as she recounted her return to Lake Tanganyika where poverty has fueled the deforestation that destroyed the once lush forests that surrounded the lake: “we can’t save the forests if we can’t save the people.”

When it comes to thinking about preparedness and response to our changing planet, we’re urging the world to follow our lead.

Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its new report looking at the relationship of climate change to extreme weather and outlining strategies for addressing these impacts.

The report confirms the fact that climate change is like steroids for many extreme weather-related events like drought, floods, wildfire, heat waves and rain. Think of many of the events we’ve seen in this intense and wacky year of weather as a trailer for the climate change feature film. This is not a movie we want to see.

CEOS Defend International Funding for Environment and Development

H.R. 1 would slash U.S. direct foreign assistance and support for multilateral institutions. The total funding of these programs amounts to less than 1 percent of the federal budget, but they play a critical role in protecting U.S. security, contributing to a strong economy, providing stability in many countries, and preserving the U.S. as a strong global partner.

The president’s State of the Union speech is a step forward for energy policy and its attendant benefits. We are in a race with time for energy security, a sustainable economy, and for reducing the impacts of carbon pollution. And forward is good.

The Conservancy’s Frank Lowenstein writes a letter to NPR over Morning Edition’s lack of understanding about a crucial element of managing our risks from climate change.

The Nature Conservancy’s China program director Zhang Shuang comments on the carbon pollution and clean energy backdrop to Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington, D.C.

With progress on climate legislation remaining elusive despite a year-end flurry of Congressional action, all eyes in the U.S. are turning toward the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Philadelphia Eagles may just convince us that – like pickup trucks and beer – if renewable energy is good enough for the NFL, it’s good enough for America.

U.S. President Barack Obama visited Indonesia this week. Although he saw a country covered with lush, tropical peat forests, the real story is that the country’s forests aren’t what they used to be.

We need you to help us make a video that will tell World Leaders this December that climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico are not a vacation!

We need you to help us make a video that will tell World Leaders this December that climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico are not a vacation!

UN climate negotiations held in the northeast Chinese city of Tianjin ended today with warnings from multiple countries that talks are not on track toward a strong agreement at the Conference of Parties in Cancun in December.

The sun-powered panels will heat water for the residential wing and provide some electricity, and is estimated to reduce the White House’s (and taxpayers’) energy bill by about $3,000 annually.