Could a Pigouvian tax help solve climate change? Back in 2019, an unprecedented group of thousands of economists signed a public letter in favor of a carbon tax as the best solution to climate change.

BAKU, Azerbaijan—At this year’s U.N. climate summit, known as COP29, negotiators are trying to determine how to pay for the steep cost of staving off climate change—a more than $6 trillion annual ask.

With the ability to model the chaotic forces of the planet—weather, carbon emissions, vehicle traffic—AI has become a vital tool in building a sustainable world. Today, two forces are accelerating ...

TOI correspondent from London: Kolkata-born New-York-based author Amitav Ghosh says renewable energies, carbon credits and electric cars will not solve climate change and has called for the world to ...

Here’s a fact that may surprise you: The global fashion industry is a leading contributor to climate change. And because people don’t often make the connection between their shopping habits and rising ...

The vast majority of Americans across the nation believe climate change is happening (72%), are worried about it (63%), believe it’s affecting the weather (65%), and want to transition the U.S.

To hear some of the biggest boosters of artificial intelligence tell it, we shouldn’t dwell on how the technology’s development is producing large and growing greenhouse-gas emissions because AI ...

I spend a lot of time on the Internet; it’s become my second home in the 20 years I’ve communicated science online. And recently I came across an image that stuck with me: a cartoon of a sad, crying ...