Angela Dewan - International Climate Editor, CNN Worldwide
Angela Dewan
International Climate Editor, CNN Worldwide
Angela Dewan is an International Climate Editor for CNN's Climate team.
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The world’s most advanced economies just agreed to end coal use by 2035 – with a catch
Apr 30, 2024
The Group of Seven nations announced Tuesday that its member nations would end the use of “unabated” coal by 2035 at the latest, but left the door open for some countries to stretch that deadline in particular contexts.
New-wave reactor technology could kick-start a nuclear renaissance — and the US is banking on it
Apr 26, 2024
The US government and companies are plowing billions into small modular reactors. China is leading in the tech, Russia is making almost all the fuel. The US is playing catch-up.
Scientists find the fingerprints of climate change on Dubai’s deadly floods
Apr 25, 2024
The record-breaking rain that fell over the UAE and Oman was driven partly by the climate crisis, an analysis shows, pointing to the role of burning fossil fuels.
Toyota is hitting the gas on hybrids as EV sales cool. But what does that mean for the planet?
Mar 10, 2024
Toyota’s decision to favor hybrids has paid off handsomely. But some experts say Toyota’s lobbying is holding back the EV industry – and a critical climate solution.
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March 5, 2024 Israel-Hamas war
Mar 6, 2024
Hamas said Tuesday there will not be “any prisoner exchange” unless there is a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Negotiators continue to work toward securing a deal by Ramadan. Follow for live updates.
Scientists say they can use AI to solve a key problem in the quest for near-limitless clean energy
Feb 21, 2024
Scientists pursuing fusion energy say they have found a way to overcome one of their biggest challenges to date — by using artificial intelligence.
Greenland is getting greener. That could have huge consequences for the world
Feb 13, 2024
The area of Greenland’s ice loss in the past three decades is 36 times the size of New York City — land that is rapidly giving way to wetlands and shrubs, a study shows.
Humans have altered the Earth so much that migratory animals are facing extinction
Feb 12, 2024
Of the 1,189 migratory creatures studied, more than one in five are threatened.
Scientists just set a nuclear fusion record in a step toward unleashing the limitless, clean energy source
Feb 8, 2024
Scientists in the UK announce a new nuclear fusion energy record, bringing the futuristic energy source a step closer to reality
The world just marked a year above a critical climate limit scientists have warned about
Feb 8, 2024
Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius over the past 12 months for the first time on record, new data shows, breaching a critical threshold that, if it continues, will push the limits of life on Earth to adapt.
The EU just unveiled one of the world’s most ambitious climate plans. But can it deliver?
Feb 6, 2024
The Commission published one of the world’s most ambitious goals to slash planet-heating pollution, but protesting farmers and elections could threaten its success.
World is dangerously close to a global warming limit as 2023 goes down as hottest on record
Jan 9, 2024
The year 2023 had already been confirmed as the hottest on record, but new data shows an alarming rise in heating towards the Paris Agreement limit.
World agrees to climate deal that makes unprecedented call to move away from fossil fuels, but ‘cavernous’ loopholes remain
Dec 13, 2023
The controversial COP28 climate summit in Dubai ended with a deal that makes an unprecedented call for transitioning away from fossil fuels, but also includes “cavernous loopholes,” experts say.
New climate summit draft calls for transition away from fossil fuels, but still has ‘loopholes’
Dec 13, 2023
International negotiators at the COP28 climate summit are preparing for a long day of painstaking negotiations likely to stretch into overtime, as an ambitious deadline set by the COP28 presidency expired Tuesday.
‘Verge of complete failure’: Climate summit draft drops the mention of fossil fuel phase-out, angering advocates
Dec 11, 2023
A new draft of the core agreement at the COP28 climate talks published Monday removed mention of a fossil fuel phase-out, frustrating climate groups, observers and countries that called for stronger language.
Pledges from climate talks not enough to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, IEA says
Dec 10, 2023
The world is still way off track to limit global warming to a crucial 1.5-degree threshold, despite pledges made by dozens of countries at UN-backed climate talks in Dubai, an analysis by the International Energy Agency published Sunday shows.
About
Angela Dewan is the International Editor for CNN’s Climate team.
Spearheading CNN’s climate coverage internationally, Dewan works to tell the critical stories of how the global climate crisis impacts every aspect of our lives. Her deep knowledge of geopolitical issues is a key asset for the team as the climate crisis takes hold across the globe.
Dewan has been at CNN since 2016 and was, prior to her current role, a senior digital news producer for CNN International in London, where she wrote, produced and edited news and analysis. She covered stories in the EMEA region, including Brexit and the Syrian conflict, and oversaw digital coverage for key news events, such as former President Donald Trump’s visit to the UK and the 2018 Russian presidential election.
Before coming to CNN, Dewan spent seven years in Asia, four of them as a correspondent and news editor at Agence France-Presse. Based in Jakarta, she covered two elections that shaped Indonesia’s democracy after more than three decades of dictatorship, and reported on counterterrorism and security issues around the South China Sea.
