Explainers

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.

Climate targets are the limits that scientists and policymakers set in plans to combat climate change.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a United Nations body widely considered the world’s top authority on climate science.

The Paris Climate Agreement is a treaty that brings all the world’s peoples into a common effort to combat climate change.

The National Climate Assessment is a U.S. government report to inform decision-making related to the impacts of climate change in the United States.