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As time runs out to put the brakes on global warming, world leaders seem loath to reduce gas emissions, because it's politically hard, says social scientist Clive Hamilton. Instead, he worries, we'll try to engineer the atmosphere — a tech fix that sounds quicker and simpler – but is fraught with risk.

Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency has acknowledged that human activity plays "some" role in the changing climate. In his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Scott Pruitt said he wants to work with states to protect the environment while also encouraging economic growth.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Chris Field, director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, about the extreme weather events occurring globally.

As the world focuses on how to address climate change, a school in Los Angeles offers a way to get young people involved in addressing the issue.

Workers at an Ohio arboretum are collecting thousands of seeds to help restore forests and fight climate change.

Hundreds are dead after torrential rains devastated Spain’s east. Climate scientists say a hotter planet makes deadly events like it more likely.

In rural Washington County, Maine, there are pressing issues, such as the cost of living, that are getting more attention than climate change. There's also skepticism about it, even though the region's natural resource-based economy is inextricably linked to a rapidly warming sea.

Writer and photojournalist Michael Kodas says forest management, climate change and growing population complicate fire fighting.

Using farmland to capture carbon rather than release it into the atmosphere is called carbon farming. The idea is taking off and countries and institutions have endorsed a new agenda promoting it.

Students around the world and across the U.S. skipped classes Friday to protest inaction on climate change. It's part of a wave of pressure from young people who say their future is at stake.