Justin Worland

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Correspondent at TIME

Senior correspondent @TIME covering climate change and the intersection of policy, politics and society

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Articles

What Conflict in the Middle East Means for Climate Change

6 days ago | time.com | Justin Worland

The consequences of the increasingly urgent hostilities between Israel and Iran are multifold—humanitarian, geopolitical, and so on. If the situation deepens, it could also have important implications for energy markets and, by extension, climate change and the energy transition. Central to that picture are oil prices. In the past month, oil prices have risen nearly 25% as hostilities have deepened.
What Sunnova’s Bankruptcy Means for the Future of Solar

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Justin Worland

Green workers install a residential grid-tied solar array on a hillside in Malibu, California, USA. Credit - Universal Images Group via Getty—Peter BennettWhen I had lunch with then-Sunnova CEO John Berger in March 2022, things seemed to be looking up for the residential solar company. In his telling, rising energy bills and the growth of work from home had made consumers more conscious of their electricity consumption.
This Company Could Transform Low-Carbon Air Travel

2 weeks ago | time.com | Justin Worland

Inside JetZero's cavernous 275,000-square-foot hangar at Long Beach Airport in L.A. County, the future of flight takes an unexpected shape. I run my hand along the carbon fiber surface stitched with Kevlar that will form the aircraft's frame, sit in a passenger cabin mockup built inside what would normally be the wing, and walk through a diagram-filled room where engineers are reimagining everything from baggage handling to boarding procedures.
The World Isn't Valuing Oceans Properly

3 weeks ago | time.com | Justin Worland

Troves of in-demand critical minerals sit untouched deep at the bottom of the ocean: nickel, cobalt, and copper, to name a few. With the stroke of a pen in April, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to catalyze a “gold rush” in pursuit of those deposits. The value of those minerals could total in the trillions, and the Trump Administration wants American companies to access them in a bid to bolster the economy.
The World Isn't Valuing Oceans Properly

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Justin Worland

Deep-sea nodules are a source of critical metals. Mining for them could harm ecosystems. Credit - The National Oceanography Centre and the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, with acknowledgement to the NERC SMARTEX project. Troves of in-demand critical minerals sit untouched deep at the bottom of the ocean: nickel, cobalt, and copper, to name a few. With the stroke of a pen in April, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to catalyze a “gold rush” in pursuit of those deposits.
How Soon Should Companies Prepare for a 2°C World?

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Justin Worland

A billboard shows the current temperature over 100 degrees in June 2024 in Phoenix. Credit - Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesLook through the new five-year outlook from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and you won’t see the U.N. atmospheric science body use the words “emergency” or “disaster.” And yet it would be hard for anyone even semi-literate in the science of climate change to flip through it without a sense of urgency and alarm.
Brazil Finance Chief Sees Climate as Economic Opportunity

1 month ago | time.com | Justin Worland

For years, climate advocates have argued that slowing emissions requires governments to embed climate throughout government policy—including and especially economic policy. In few places has such an approach taken greater hold than Brazil. When I interviewed Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad on the sidelines of the Milken Global Conference in L.A. in May, he was on a tour of the U.S. to promote his country as a home for data centers and immersed in urgent conversations about global trade.
The Clean Energy Tax Debate Will Shape America's Economic Future

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Justin Worland

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on May 10 ahead of the beginning of the legislative push for President Donald Trump's massive tax package. Credit - Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg—Getty ImagesAs Republicans look to broker a sweeping budget deal, top GOP leadership in the House of Representatives unveiled a series of cuts this week to the provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) aimed at tackling climate change.
How Business Is Really Talking About Climate Change

1 month ago | finance.yahoo.com | Justin Worland

Milken Institute Global Conference signage outside the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills on, April 25. Credit - Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Greetings from Los Angeles where the Milken Global Conference concluded earlier this week. For the uninitiated, Milken is a key stop on the conference circuit for many business and finance leaders—a great way to escape Manhattan to brush shoulders with industry titans and top policymakers in Beverly Hills. It is by no means a climate conference.
Marina Silva: World Is 'At the Limit' of a Livable Climate

1 month ago | time.com | Justin Worland

Marina Silva’s achievements may seem borderline miraculous. Since taking office for a second run as Brazil’s environment and climate minister in 2023, the country has quickly and dramatically reversed deforestation trends with strict enforcement of environment rules that had been abandoned by her predecessor. According to the most recent official account released last fall, Amazon deforestation had fallen to the lowest level in a decade. In 2023 alone, it dropped nearly in half from the prior year.