Explainers

Wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe as a result of climate change, as forests in arid parts of the world become hotter and drier.

Carbon pricing is a policy tool to lower emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, by putting a tax or other price on them.

Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical substance in the universe. It can be used as a fuel that does not produce greenhouse gases when burned.

Biofuel is any liquid fuel made from “biomass”—plants and other biological matter like animal waste and leftover cooking fat.

Renewable energy is energy from sources, like wind, solar, and hydropower, that we cannot run out of.