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Ciara Nugent
Ciara Nugent is a staff writer for TIME, based in London
Recent Articles
Today's Climate-Conscious Architects Want To Build Less
To tackle climate change, some are calling for a fundamental rethink of construction
By Ciara Nugent
August 16, 2022
Dutch Farmer Protests Show How Messy Climate Action Will Be
Tackling climate change means rapid, wholesale transformation of the global food system.
By Ciara Nugent
July 29, 2022
New Lithium Mining Technology Could Give Argentina a Sustainable Gold Rush
Mining for clean energy minerals is surprisingly dirty. New technology may reduce its impact on ecosystems and local communities.
By Ciara Nugent//ANTOFAGASTA DE LA SIERRA, ARGENTINA
July 26, 2022
Zoe, the World's First Named Heat Wave, Arrives in Seville
The Spanish city hopes naming heat waves like the U.S. names hurricanes will keep residents safer
By Ciara Nugent
July 25, 2022
The U.K.'s Hottest Day Ever Sparks a Climate Culture War
Brits were told to "keep cool and carry on" and not be "snowflakes"
By Ciara Nugent
July 20, 2022
Follow the Algae Brick Road to Plant-Based Buildings
Cement accounts for around 8% of global CO2 emissions. This company has carbon-negative alternative
By Ciara Nugent
June 30, 2022
Colombia May Be First Oil-Rich Country to Quit Fossil Fuels
The country's new president-elect wants to end new oil exploration
By Ciara Nugent
June 22, 2022
Homes Made from Straw or Fungi Can Now Get You a Cheaper Mortgage in the Netherlands
Plant-based materials help fight climate change
By Ciara Nugent
June 16, 2022
A Global Price on Water Might Help Tackle Climate Change
"We still operate the world economy with freshwater largely as a free resource. That's a market failure."
By Ciara Nugent
May 31, 2022
Western Architecture is Making India's Heatwaves Worse
In the face of climate change, architects are looking to the past to design more resilient buildings
By Ciara Nugent
May 16, 2022
India’s Unbearably Hot Schools Show We Must Climate-Proof Education
A heat wave has forced schools in Northern India to close again after two years of disruption by COVID-19
By Ciara Nugent
May 6, 2022
Giant Rodents 'Invaded' a Wealthy Gated Community. What Happened Next is a Lesson for Cities in the Climate Change Era
Gated communities are known for their manicured lawns, swimming pools, and wealthy residents. In Argentina, they’re also known as the home of the world’s largest rodents. On a drizzly afternoon in March 2022, a family...
By Ciara Nugent/Buenos Aires
May 5, 2022
Entrevista de Lula Sobre Futuro do Brasil
Leia entrevista da TIME com o ex-presidente que está lançando nova candidatura e promete levar o Brasil de volta aos bons tempos
By Ciara Nugent/São Paulo, Brazil
May 4, 2022
Lula Interview on Ukraine, Bolsonaro, and Brazil's Future
Read a transcript of our interview with the former Brazilian leader as he launches a new bid for the presidency
By Ciara Nugent/São Paulo, Brazil
May 4, 2022
Exclusive: Lula's Second Act
'I never gave up,' Brazil's former leader tells TIME as he launches a new bid for the presidency
By Ciara Nugent/São Paulo, Brazil
May 4, 2022
California Sunshine Could be Key to Combating Drought
Meet the engineer calling for solar panels to be installed over canals to save billions of gallons of water a year
By Ciara Nugent
April 28, 2022
Imagine if Hollywood Actually Made Realistic Climate Stories
“No matter what genre you’re working in, we’re still living in a world where climate is happening”
By Ciara Nugent
April 27, 2022
Guatemala Rethinks the Economics of Migration
'The money all goes back to the U.S. eventually. None of it stays here to develop the local economy. So none of the people want to stay either.'
By Ciara Nugent
April 13, 2022
The New IPCC Report Was Delayed As Scientists Debated Reliance On Carbon Capture
The U.N. climate body admits the 1.5°C target set under the Paris Agreement now looks unlikely
By Ciara Nugent
April 4, 2022
Europeans Are Being Asked to Turn Down Their Heating to Fight Russian Energy Dependence
"It is vain to believe that a war on [our] continent will have no impact on us"
By Ciara Nugent
March 3, 2022
The Link Between Climate Change and the Russian Invasion
Svitlana Krakovska, a Ukrainian meteorologist, was wary of speaking her mind. On Sunday, sitting next to her sons’ bunk beds in her Kyiv home, she joined a Zoom meeting of the International Governmental Panel on...
By Ciara Nugent
March 1, 2022
Why Sanctions on Russia Aren't Targeting Oil and Gas
Call for restrictions or an embargo on Russian oil and gas feels far outside the realm of possibility. It's not hard to understand why.
By Ciara Nugent
February 25, 2022
Why President Bolsonaro Is Defying Critics to Visit Putin
'The fact that the Americans were so furious with him, that’s what made Bolsonaro want to do it'
By Ciara Nugent
February 15, 2022
Russia Tensions Could Push Europe to a Clean Energy Future
The threat of a Ukraine invasion and the worst energy crisis in years are reminding Europe of the risks of a fossil-fuelled world.
By Ciara Nugent
January 27, 2022
Paris Resurfaces Buried Bièvre River to Fight Climate Change
In 1899, a writer for French newspaper Le Figaro surveyed the damage Parisians had done to the Bièvre, a river that for hundreds of years had snaked up through southern Paris, joining the Seine near...
By Ciara Nugent and Mapping by Elijah Wolfson
January 24, 2022
E.U. Risks its Climate Goals By Calling Natural Gas Green
A long-simmering debate about the future of natural gas has been forced to a head in Europe this month, as the E.U. considers classifying some projects involving the fossil fuel as sustainable investments in official...
By Ciara Nugent
January 13, 2022
Brazil Might Say Goodbye to President Bolsonaro in 2022
After three tumultuous years, Brazilians will soon get the chance to boot out or re-elect their far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. With elections due to be held in October 2022, candidates are launching their campaigns and...
By Ciara Nugent
December 28, 2021
Holiday Gifts That Actually Fight Climate Change
If you’re stuck on what to buy as Christmas gifts this year, a Swiss start-up has a suggestion: some carbon dioxide. Climeworks AG owns the world’s largest direct-air carbon capture facility, in Iceland, where dozens...
By Ciara Nugent
December 7, 2021
How Germany's New Government Plans to Be the Greenest One Yet
"We have a whole roadmap for a post-fossil future based on renewable energy"
By Ciara Nugent
November 26, 2021
Will Austria's Vaccine Mandate Work?
“It deepens the chasm in our society”
By Ciara Nugent
November 23, 2021
The Leftist Millennial Who Could Lead One of Latin America's Wealthiest and Most Unequal Countries
Former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, is competing against the deeply conservative José Antonio Kast
By Ciara Nugent
November 19, 2021
Countries Brought Promises to COP26. Cities Brought Actions
For a more concrete picture of the transformations that need to take place in the short term, it helps to look to cities
By Ciara Nugent/Glasgow, Scotland
November 12, 2021
The Youngest Negotiating Team at COP26 has a Message for Other Countries
When Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez went to his first round of U.N. climate negotiations as part of Panama’s delegation in 2015, his colleagues told him not to talk about his age, in case it made...
By Ciara Nugent/Glasgow
November 10, 2021
How Young Climate Activists Tired of Waiting for Change Took Action
The youth climate movement has revolutionized the way both politicians and the media speak about climate change. Can it change how we act?
By Ciara Nugent
November 5, 2021
Youth Activists at COP26 Won't Settle For Climate Delay
You won’t fool the children of the revolution. British glam rock band T-Rex issued this warning in a single back in 1972 (just five years before oil company Exxon quietly received its first report about...
By Ciara Nugent
November 5, 2021
The World's Top Carbon Emitters Now All Have Net Zero Pledges. Most of Them Are Too Vague
In a surprise announcement on Monday, India, the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, pledged to reach net zero emissions by 2070. The news, delivered at COP26, the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, means...
By Ciara Nugent and Data Visualization by Emily Barone
November 4, 2021
India Sets a Surprise Net Zero Goal for 2070
India will reach net zero emissions by 2070, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged Monday in his speech at the opening of the COP26 U.N. climate summit, a target that climate advocates recognized as further off...
By Ciara Nugent
November 1, 2021
Gas Prices and Energy Bills Are Going Up. Will COP26 Help Bring Them Down Again?
Your energy bills are probably going up. The average price of gasoline in the U.S. is currently $3.38 a gallon, 56% more than a year ago. This winter, the roughly half of U.S. homes heated...
By Ciara Nugent
October 29, 2021
Economic Growth and Carbon Emissions Used to Go Together. In Some Countries, That's Changing
When negotiators from almost 200 countries gather in Glasgow from Oct. 31 for the most important U.N. climate summit since 2015, the priority will be agreeing on how fast each country should cut its carbon...
By Ciara Nugent and Emily Barone
October 29, 2021
Here Are the Goals of the COP26 Climate Change Meetings—and Where the World Stands in Accomplishing Them
This week, thousands of ministers and diplomats from across the world are descending on an event campus in Glasgow, Scotland for the most important climate conference in recent years—and perhaps the most significant international meeting...
By Alejandro de la Garza , Ciara Nugent , Aryn Baker , Jennifer Duggan and Chris Wilson
October 28, 2021
An Indigenous Rights Leader Is Trying to Rewrite Chile’s Constitution to Put its Ecosystems First
Alongside our thirst for fossil fuels, humans’ destruction of nature has triggered the climate and ecological crises that now threaten our life on this planet. A major goal for delegates at COP26 is to improve...
By Ciara Nugent
October 28, 2021
There’s Still One Part of the Paris Agreement That Hasn’t Been Finalized. She Wants to Change That
Countries have long agreed that emissions could be cut faster by allowing carbon trading—where one nation or business pays for projects that reduce emissions in another country, and then counts those reductions in their own...
By Ciara Nugent
October 28, 2021
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson Wants to Make Climate Action Profitable
Around 20% of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies had committed to net-zero targets
By Ciara Nugent
October 28, 2021
Why Hopes Are Fading for Glasgow's U.N. Climate Summit
“It’s been definitely more challenging from the outset than any other COP”
By Ciara Nugent
October 22, 2021
Brazilian Trans Politician Fights for Change Despite Dangers
In November 2020, Erika Hilton became the first trans woman elected to the city council in São Paulo
By Ciara Nugent
October 13, 2021
The Fight to Control the Narrative Over Climate and Energy Security
A version of this story first appeared in the Climate is Everything newsletter. If you’d like sign up to receive this free once-a-week email, click here. Russian president Vladimir Putin had some unsolicited advice for...
By Ciara Nugent
October 13, 2021
El Salvador's President Bukele Uses Bitcoin for a Rebrand
Will the country's adoption of the digital currency help its people, or just its president?
By Ciara Nugent
October 1, 2021
The Enduring Hope of Jane Goodall
In the early years of World War II, when Jane Goodall was around 6 years old, she was often woken from her sleep by the blare of air-raid sirens. The sound warned that Nazi planes...
By Ciara Nugent
September 30, 2021
75% of the Young People Around the World are Frightened of the Future Because of Climate Change
Growing up in the emerging reality of the climate crisis is taking its toll on young people’s mental health. According to a global survey and peer-reviewed study soon to be published in Lancet Planetary Health,...
By Ciara Nugent
September 14, 2021
Can Annalena Baerbock Change Germany?
Green chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock is trying to bring voters around to her sweeping change platform ahead of Sept. 26 elections.
By Ciara Nugent / Dachau, Germany
September 14, 2021
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