Groups such as the Sunrise Movement, 350 Action, Third Act and Climate Defiance believe he is capable of making climate change a driving force for justice and change in America’s largest city.By Ryan KrugmanNEW YORK—For 16 hours on primary election day in June, Michael Magazine, a Sunrise Movement climate activist, stood outside George Washington Carver Elementary School in Brooklyn, urging anyone he could to rank Zohran Mamdani as a choice for mayor in the Democratic primary. Between conversations with City Council District 41 voters, he checked his heat-index thermometer: The real-feel temperature had blown past 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Observations from the Little Bunker
Last updated: August 18, 2025 04:13 PM
Atmospheric CO₂
425.4 ppm
+18.4
ppm/year
Atmospheric CH₄
1934.91 ppb
+9.11
ppb/year
Global Temperature
+1.48 °C
Peak: +1.73°C
World Population
8.1 billion
+67
million/year