After Paris, Moving Out of Fossil-Fuel Era

At the U.N. talks in Paris nearly 200 nations agreed to curb carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, limiting temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. While the mood was jubilant, the question remains whether nations can meet this goal and avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, especially among island nations and in the developing world. Niklas Hohne is co-founder of the New Climate Institute in Cologne, Germany and a lead...

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