Since the mid 80's, Kevin Surace has been a leader in designing semiconductors and electronics. Now he makes drywall and windows. Why do these materials require high-tech engineering?

Solving climate change could be the best bargain ever offered to humanity. A number of studies have estimated that we should invest roughly $500 bill...

After two weeks of negotiations in Cancun, governments of the world have reached a global climate deal. Now, it is our turn.

Last week, in the midst of COP16, I caught up with Lord Nicholas Stern at the World Climate Summit.

Climate science communication is in an abysmal state. Despite an unprecedented agreement among scientists, much of the public remains unconvinced. We need to do better.

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Too often solving climate change is framed as sacrifice, as "cutting pollution," implying a lower quality of life. Branson's message is the opposite.

What if solving climate change were a race to the top? What if companies were in competition to win the next industrial revolution, with the winners being those who most reduced their greenhouse gas pollution?

Here in Cancún, I tracked down Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org, to ask him this question: What is the point of these events? You are getting attention, but to what end? His answer was so simple it was obvious.

If fighting climate change really is good for business, why has the U.S. failed to pass climate legislation?