Articles by Senior Data Reporter Clayton Aldern
Clayton Aldern is a data reporter and data visualization developer. He has contributed to reporting teams that have won various awards, including a national Edward R. Murrow Award, multiple Online Journalism Awards, multiple Sigma Awards, and the Breaking Barriers Award from the Institute for Nonprofit News. He is the author of The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains.
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Does the United Nations’ new global sustainability agenda mean anything for cities?
The U.N.'s new development goals are lofty and ambitious. The devil, as usual, is in the details of the metrics.
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Want to slow climate change? Stop killing sharks
Shark culling could cut back the ocean's ability to sequester carbon along its coastlines, thus accelerating climate change.
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Check out an exclusive clip from Naomi Klein’s new documentary film “This Changes Everything”
Grist brings you a sneak peak at the forthcoming documentary based on Naomi Klein's book.
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![President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China walk on the grounds of the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, Calif.]()
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Obama and Xi unveil shiny new U.S.-China climate deal
It includes a Chinese cap-and-trade system, funding for poorer countries, and a new shared vision for progress in Paris.
