Articles by Reporter Emily Pontecorvo
Emily Pontecorvo is a reporter at Grist
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![Skyline of glass, newly-constructed buildings in downtown Mississauga, Ontario with a construction site in the foreground.]()
![Skyline of glass, newly-constructed buildings in downtown Mississauga, Ontario with a construction site in the foreground.]()
A post-pandemic construction rebound put building emissions at an all-time high
In the race for more efficient buildings, the world is running in place, UN report finds.
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![Rickshaws traveling through a flooded area of Chittagong.]()
![Rickshaws traveling through a flooded area of Chittagong.]()
Adaptation, loss and damage, and African oil: What’s at stake at COP27?
Amid the Russia-Ukraine war and an impending recession, climate negotiators will be trying to keep the world’s goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius in sight.
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![The Giza Pyramids rise above the buildings of Giza on September]()
![The Giza Pyramids rise above the buildings of Giza on September]()
Report: Global climate ambitions still fall short ahead of COP27
Last year's Glasgow Climate Pact urged countries to increase their ambition. Few have.
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![The high water line of Lake Mead near water intakes on the Arizona side of Hoover Dam]()
![The high water line of Lake Mead near water intakes on the Arizona side of Hoover Dam]()
The West’s biggest source of renewable energy depends on water. Will it survive the drought?
Glen Canyon and the Hoover Dam are “not the whole story.”
