Climate & Energy

A ‘Supersized’ El Niño Is Building. Here’s Where the World Could Feel It First
September 4, 2026
An unusually powerful El Niño is rapidly strengthening across the Pacific, setting up a period of heightened drought, flood, heat and food-security risks that

Indonesia’s Wildfires Are Becoming a Regional Crisis
September 4, 2026
Smoke from fires across Indonesia is spreading across Southeast Asia, pushing air pollution to hazardous levels and highlighting ongoing challenges in land management, regional

Solar Overtakes Coal in China. The Bigger Energy Shift Is Only Beginning.
September 1, 2026
China has crossed a significant energy milestone: solar power is now the country’s largest source of installed electricity-generating capacity, overtaking coal for the first


