Armed with a Ph.D from Columbia University, Ousmane Ndiaye wants to tell farmers when the rain will (and won't) fall. But he's the first to say he's not always right.
Delegates from nearly 200 countries will continue to talk past the original Friday night deadline, and hope to have an agreement Saturday. Conflicts over money and oversight remain as sticking points.
Tens of thousands of people flew to Paris for the U.N. climate summit. Flying emits a lot of carbon. How to deal with the contradiction? NPR's Ari Shapiro finds one answer. It cost a dollar.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told women to "get cross" if they see gender inequality. The male-female ratio at the Paris Climate Conference makes our writers very "cross."
The 20th century's biggest carbon emitter is also one of the few advanced democracies where climate change is not accepted as fact. This makes it hard for some to trust U.S. efforts on the issue.
The Paris climate talks are said to be the best chance in 20 years to reach a global treaty. But India argues little will change unless fossil-fuel-reliant rich countries change their habits.
Climate scientists say global emissions of carbon dioxide seem to have dipped a bit in 2015, though the world economy is still growing. China's reduced use of coal may be the main reason.