FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell (left) along with NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson (right) signed an agreement this week outlining ways in which the two organizations will work together to center equity in disaster preparedness and response efforts. NAACP hide caption
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Writtle University College, an agricultural college in Writtle, United Kingdom, a day after making his announcement about changes to Britain's climate policies. ALASTAIR GRANT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Smoky haze from wildfires in Canada obscures New York City's Empire State Building this year. The air in the U.S. has improved over the past 50 years, but smoke pollution from growing wildfires erodes much of that progress. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden promised to create the Climate Corps during his first week in office. It's a program meant to appeal to young climate activists. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The roundhouse under construction at Wahhoga Village in Yosemite National Park. Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation hide caption
People rally to end fossil fuels in New York Sunday ahead of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Ambition Summit. Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A motorist travels through floodwaters on a road that remains closed a day after Atlantic storm Lee passed through the region, on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, near Northeast Harbor, Maine. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption
Climate activists participate in a rally outside of the Museum of Modern Art on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in New York. Climate activists with Extinction Rebellion NYC organized a rally outside MoMA ahead of this weekend's "March to End Fossil Fuels," calling on the museum to end its partnership with KKR, a private equity firm that has invested nearly $15 billion in fossil fuel projects. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
Pesky Pete Barron holds the leaves of poison ivy illustrating how it grows in clusters of three leaves. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
In this aerial picture taken on Aug. 21, a vehicle drives through floodwaters following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary in Thousand Palms, Calif. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption