Jean covers international climate policy for Climatewire. Her special areas of focus include U.N. policy, U.S. foreign policy and stories about how other nations are grappling with climate change. She also does occasional features on domestic issues. She worked previously for Platts, Politico and CQ. She has a master's in journalism from Boston University and graduated with honors from the Western Washington University with a theater arts degree.
North Korea holds a Tree Planting Day every March. The question is whether it helps regreen a largely denuded nation whose people face food shortages, deadly natural disasters and bitterly cold winters.
Mary Robinson didn't become a climate justice campaigner until after she'd served as Ireland's first female president and the United Nations' top human rights official.
North Korea is often seen as threatening nuclear winter, but hot temperatures are the real killer.
The World Bank's board of directors on Friday unanimously confirmed President Trump pick David Malpass to be the institution's next president.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg today briefly touched on the differences of opinion on climate change between President Trump and America's closest military allies during remarks to a joint meeting of Congress.