Climate Change

Mayor Ginther announced on Tuesday that Columbus is joining Power A Clean Future Ohio (PCFO), a nonpartisan coalition and campaign that works with local communities to develop equitable clean energy solutions. Columbus is the twenty-fifth Ohio city to join the coalition.

Earlier this month, Columbus city leaders unveiled the city's first-ever climate action plan. Decades of research shows that climate change poses a particular risk to marginalized populations and communities of color.

The 38 degree Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) reading in Russian Siberia in June of last year should "sound alarm bells about our changing climate," the World Meteorological Organization says.

Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther unveiled the city's first-ever Climate Action Plan on Thursday. The plan sets a goal of total carbon neutrality by 2050 and a 45 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

The infrastructure package sets aside billions for the power grid. That may not be enough to reshape a system not designed for the extreme weather brought about by a warming planet.

World leaders are in Scotland for the UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP 26, to accelerate actions towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. We’ll get perspectives on the summit and what needs to be done to combat climate change.

Conservation has been the guiding principle of America’s National Parks. But climate change is undermining that mission. The National Park Service says ecological changes are happening so fast, and on so many fronts, park rangers may need to choose what to save and what to let go.

Torrential rains are now the norm due to climate change, which poses unprecedented challenges to Ohio farmers. We explore what a changing climate means for Ohio’s agriculture industry.

Gardens are already feeling the effects of a warming planet. We consider how to plant and harvest with climate change in mind with Ohio’s Garden Sage Deb Knapke.

Torrential rains are now the norm due to climate change, which poses unprecedented challenges to Ohio farmers. We explore what a changing climate means for Ohio’s agriculture industry.