It’s Now or Never for Action on Climate Change

Mud in a convenience store after a rain storm in Santa Barbara, California, on Jan. 10.

Photographer: Erica Urech/Bloomberg

Signs everywhere are pointing to a now-or-never moment to act on climate change.

The warming of the planet is unrelenting, while European Union leaders are rushing to compete with the ambitious US climate law and pressure is building on President Joe Biden to implement his agenda this year.