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Climate Experts

View from Temagami Fire Tower, perched atop Caribou Mountain in Northeastern Ontario, offering panoramic views of the surrounding old-growth forests and Lake Temagami

As Permitting Rules Loosen, Ontario’s Water Faces New Risk

Headwaters Community Coalition’s Jeanette McFarlane brings a ground-level urgency to one of the province's most consequential and least-covered policy failures. While governments across North America race to streamline development approvals, McFarlane argues that Ontario is dismantling the only oversight mechanisms standing between its most hydrologically sensitive land and irreversible aquifer contamination.
By Jeanette McFarlane
A large storm moving over rural farmland

The Invisible Force: How Climate Signals Are Moving Markets Before the Data Does

As commodity prices in 2026 break from historical patterns, Mind Money’s Edward Nikulin makes the case that weather is no longer a background variable but a primary driver of price formation. With traditional models still built around monetary policy signals and confirmed data releases, the gap between physical conditions on the ground and what gets reflected in prices is widening.
By Edward Nikulin
Alessandro Garneri.

From Soil to Still: The Master of Botanicals Rethinking Sustainability in Premium Spirits

Alessandro Garneri has spent nearly two decades shaping the botanical foundations of some of the world’s most recognized spirits. In this Expert Insights Q&A, Garneri explores why soil health, traceability and climate resilience are not separate from craftsmanship, but essential to preserving the character and continuity of iconic spirits for generations to come.
By Sonia Rubeck
Aerial image of a Microsoft data center in Wisconsin

A.I.’s Environmental Impact Is Testing Corporate Climate Commitments

By Dr. Rowena Rodrigues and Amelia Williams
Data center server room

The Nordic Blueprint for Building A.I. Infrastructure at Scale

By Anders Fryxell
Servers in a data center

Why Iceland Is Becoming a Model for Renewable-Powered High-Performance Computing

By Erling Freyr Guðmundsson
Aerial view of the earth with interconnected network lines

A.I., Data Centers and Climate Impact: How Leaders Are Rewriting the Energy Equation

By Mehdi Paryavi
Tall buildings covered in plants

Understanding the New Paradigm of Natural Capital Investment

By Dr. Rich Stockdale
Pump-jack mining crude oil with the sunset

Oil Giants Retreat from Clean Energy at Their Own Peril

By Stephen H. Crolius
An interior of a data center

A.I.’s Power Problem: How Data Centers Hold the Key to a Greener Future

By Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson
A view from above of the exhibition floor of Art Basel Paris

The Carbon Cost of Culture: How the Art World Is Confronting Its Shipping Emissions

By Alexander Bradford
Abstract illustration of an energy landscape featuring white wind turbines, an oil rig-like structure, a yellow hand pointing upward and stylized elements like a blue river, fish and eye shapes

High Voltage, Higher Stakes: How the Information Economy Is Rewiring Energy Markets

By Stephen H. Crolius
an abstract illustration of oil and gas towers

Carbon Pricing: The Surprising Support From the Oil and Gas Industry

By Stephen H. Crolius
A tornado funnels down from a dark, stormy sky over an open grassy field, with a distant mountain range on the horizon. A wooden fence runs along the foreground of the rural landscape.

Weathering the Market: Why Climate Data Is the Future of Commodity Trading

By Igor Isaev
Colorful illustration of electric vehicle with wind turbines

V2G Turns Electric Vehicles Into Distributed Energy Resources

By Stephen H. Crolius
Illustration of rainy city

Why Everyday Weather, Not Billion-Dollar Disasters, Impacts Businesses Most

By Bill Kirk
A sunset over a windfarm

How the U.S. Is Building a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy

By Stephen H. Crolius
WEEHAWKEN, NJ - MAY 19: The sun sets on the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City on May 19, 2024, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey.

Reimagining New York’s Approach to Fighting Climate Change

By David Garten

Was COP28 a Success? Depends On Who You Ask

By Andrew Eil

Climate Change Reading List: Books for the Curious & Concerned

By Andrew Eil

As Climate Change Stresses Power Grids, Are Blackouts Unavoidable?

By Andrew Eil

Why the Key to Saving Our Planet Fails to Sell On the Shelves

By Christine Lewington
People in masks walk along the Hudson River as thick smoke shrouds the skyline of lower Manhattan.

We’ve Never Experienced El Niño Like This

By Andrew Eil
A factory worker walks past a blue car.

Can the Auto Industry Make the EV Battery Math Work?

By Andrew Eil
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