Analysis

After the Coronavirus, Two Sharply Divergent Paths on Climate

By Fred Pearce

Coronavirus Holds Key Lessons on How to Fight Climate Change

By Beth Gardiner

Analysis

As Investors and Insurers Back Away, the Economics of Coal Turn Toxic

By Fred Pearce

When It Comes to Nuclear Power, Could Smaller Be Better?

By Lois Parshley

Salvation or Pipe Dream? A Movement Grows to Protect Up to Half the Planet

By Jim Robbins

Analysis

Why Clouds Are the Key to New Troubling Projections on Warming

By Fred Pearce

Opinion

Deep Decarbonization: A Realistic Way Forward on Climate Change

By David G. Victor

YOUNG WRITERS AWARD WINNER — SECOND PLACE

Song of the Western Ghats: A Green Island in a Crowded Land

By Priyanka Hari Haran

Nepal’s Road-Building Spree Pushes into the Heart of the Himalayas

By Broughton Coburn

Why India Is Making Progress in Slowing Its Population Growth

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

Could Abandoned Agricultural Lands Help Save the Planet?

By Richard Conniff

Analysis

As Climate Change Worsens, A Cascade of Tipping Points Looms

By Fred Pearce

Opinion

The New Climate Math: The Numbers Keep Getting More Frightening

By Bill McKibben

Lawless Ocean: The Link Between Human Rights Abuses and Overfishing

By Ian Urbina

Climate Whiplash: Wild Swings in Extreme Weather Are on the Rise

By Jim Robbins

Analysis

Are Numbers of Species a True Measure of Ecosystem Health?

By Fred Pearce

Opinion

The Real Case for Saving Species: We Don’t Need Them, But They Need Us

By Carl Safina

Why China’s Renewable Energy Transition Is Losing Momentum

By Michael Standaert

As the Monsoon and Climate Shift, India Faces Worsening Floods

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

As Oceans Warm, Tropical Corals Seek Refuge in Cooler Waters

By Fred Pearce

In Nepal, Out-Migration Is Helping Fuel a Forest Resurgence

By Peter Gill