Somini Sengupta

New York

Global Climate Reporter at The New York Times

The New York Times global climate reporter. Ex-South Asia, West Africa, UN bureaus. Author of The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young

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Articles

New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Somini Sengupta

A draft global agreement sets a fee for cargo ships, which carry the vast majority of world trade, to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions. Amid the turmoil over global trade, countries around the world reached a remarkable, though modest, agreement Friday to reduce the climate pollution that comes from shipping those goods worldwide - with what is essentially a tax, no less.
Tariffs News Highlights: Tariffs Send Wall Street Tumbling to Worst Day Since Pandemic - The New York Times

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Joe Rennison |Danielle Kaye |Ana Swanson |Tony Romm |River Akira Davis |Martin Fackler | +10 more

The S&P 500 fell almost 5 percent on Thursday, its worst drop since June 2020, as allies and adversaries alike criticized President Trump’s action and weighed their responses.
How Trump's Tariffs Threaten the Transition to Cleaner Energy

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Max Bearak |Brad Plumer |Somini Sengupta

Tariffs are the latest blow in a the shift to renewable energy. The U.S. relies largely on imported technology from Europe and Asia. First came President Trump's freezing of federal support for many renewable energy projects, coupled with cries of "drill, baby, drill."Then came the tariffs.
Tariffs News Highlights: Tariffs Send Wall Street Tumbling to Worst Day Since Pandemic - The New York Times

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Joe Rennison |Danielle Kaye |Ana Swanson |Tony Romm |River Akira Davis |Martin Fackler | +11 more

The S&P 500 fell almost 5 percent on Thursday, its worst drop since June 2020, as allies and adversaries alike criticized President Trump’s action and weighed their responses.
Care About Food Waste? In Massachusetts, You Can Be a Compost Consultant.

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Somini Sengupta |Cassandra Klos

America has a food waste problem: Rotten tomatoes and pizza boxes end up in trash dumps and produce a potent planet-heating gas called methane. Massachusetts has a fix: A state regulation requires businesses to keep food out of dumpsters. To help them comply, the state offers a carrot, in the form of a chatty, practical, 63-year-old hand-holding food-waste-reduction consultant named Heather Billings.
The World Bank Pivoted to Climate. That Now May Be a Problem.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Max Bearak |Somini Sengupta

As the Trump administration imposes deep cuts on foreign aid and renewable energy programs, the World Bank, one of the most important financiers of energy projects in developing countries, is facing doubts over whether its biggest shareholder, the United States, will stay on board. While the Trump administration has voiced neither support nor antipathy for the bank, it has issued an executive order promising a review of U.S. involvement in all international organizations.
USAID Climate Programs Fighting Extremism and Unrest Are Closing Down

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Somini Sengupta

Numerous programs aimed at averting violence, instability and extremism worsened by global warming are ensnared in the effort to dismantle the main American aid agency, U.S.A.I.D.One such project helped communities manage water stations in Niger, a hotbed of Islamist extremist groups where conflicts over scarce water are common. Another helped repair water-treatment plants in the strategic port city of Basra, Iraq, where dry taps had caused violent anti-government protests.
7 Steps L.A. Could Take to Gird Against Future Wildfires

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Somini Sengupta

Fire and wind are certain to shape the future of Los Angeles as the world warms. Los Angeles had started taking steps to prepare. But there are lessons it can learn from other cities adapting to extreme fire weather: managing yards; taking care of neighbors; making it easier to get out of harm's way. One big challenge, among many, is that plans like these need to be widely adopted. One home is only as safe as the home next door.
Trump's Retreat From Clean Energy Puts the U.S. Out of Step With the World

Jan 23, 2025 | nytimes.com | Somini Sengupta

President Trump's repudiation of renewable-energy technologies stands to make the United States an outlier in the world. Many of its large-economy peers are choosing a different path. Even as coal, oil and gas still power the global economy, and more fossil fuels are burned year after year, the movement globally is toward heavy investment in solar, wind and batteries, the prices of which have fallen sharply in recent years. The European Union has aggressively moved away from coal.
The Push and Pull of Los Angeles: Beauty and Danger

Jan 19, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Somini Sengupta

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