Partisan gerrymandering in California could carve up a Republican climate science skeptic’s district and feed it to a top Democratic climate hawk, and it’s now prompting a war of words from both lawmakers.

Facing intense vulnerability to sea-level rise, Miami is in the midst of a long-term effort to harden neighborhoods and infrastructure against flooding. The city is issuing $400 million in debt — known as Miami Forever Bonds — to finance climate adaptation and other projects. The plan relies on property taxes to repay the bonds.

The French president has joined Poland, Italy and Hungary to stall discussions ahead of the COP30 climate conference in November.

How do we think about the climate future, now that the era marked by the Paris Agreement has so utterly disappeared?

The city’s mayoral race has justifiably been about housing and affordability. But flood protection, building decarbonization and air pollution will still be challenges for New York’s next mayor.

Ahead of the Climate Forward conference on Sept. 24, Times readers sent us their most urgent questions about climate change.