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Essay | High hopes for COP26: Solving the triple crises of climate, biodiversity, and inequality
Mark C. Urban

University of Connecticut

Essay | COP26 will bring conservative climate action to the world stage
Benji Backer

President, American Conservation Coalition

Essay | Enough broken promises. Will leaders at COP26 keep their word?
Victoria Middleton

Digital Editor, Planet Forward

In a crowd of people in front of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., a sign reads: "Planet BEFORE Profit: change the politics, not the CLIMATE!"
Essay | Connecting a college campus to COP26
Robert Orttung

Research Director for Sustainable GW | George Washington University

Glasgow university, with a distinctive central spire, is seen from the air, with a cluster of trees turning autumnal colors in the foreground
Q&A | Science to Inform: ‘A level of grit and resolve by everyone’
Michelle Wyman

Executive Director, Global Council for Science and the Environment

Essay | We must ’embrace impatience’ while looking for climate change solutions
Mark Lichtenstein

Chief Sustainability Officer | SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Essay | Looking toward clean energy on the road to COP26
Beth Viola

Holland & Knight

Essay | The Road to COP26: Can we prevent this planetary high-stakes thriller from turning tragic?
Frank Sesno

Founding Director | Planet Forward

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As climate change threatens salmon and orca, can solutions be achieved for the trans-boundary species?
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Three green and blue-faced salmon are shown close to the camera whilst swimming through clear water.
Take me to the lakes: How Taylor Swift is reviving nature in music
Rebekah Redwine

George Washington University

A photo of Cross with a brain in her hair and wearing a plaid coat, copying the Evermore cover. She has a chicken standing on her shoulder.
Apex predators and armchair research: Citizen science for shark conservation
Abby Wallace

George Washington University

White shark swims amongst a school of fish.
Peril & Promise: The new EPA Administrator is leading with environmental justice
Frank Sesno

Founding Director | Planet Forward

How to engage the audience when reporting on climate change
Abby Wallace

George Washington University

Scientists discover the infectious source of a lethal brain disease killing eagles
Abby Wallace

George Washington University

4 places where racism, climate change & environmental justice collided
Jayden Graham-White

Tuskegee University

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Climate change is affecting Wisconsinites’ health, new UW study finds
Mary Magnuson

Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Wisconsin-Madison

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