Carolyn Beeler

Environment Correspondent + Editor

The World

Carolyn Beeler covers the environment for The World.

Carolyn Beeler leads environment coverage for The World. She reports and edits stories focused on the people and places most impacted by climate change, and what they're doing to address it.

She has reported from all seven continents and won national and regional awards for her breaking news and in-depth feature reporting.

Before joining The World, Carolyn helped pilot the weekly health and science show, The Pulse, at WHYY in Philadelphia, and reported from Berlin for a year as a Robert Bosch Foundation fellow.

She studied journalism at Northwestern University and got her start in radio as a Kroc fellow at NPR.

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Faith and family sustain this Kyiv family in wartime Ukraine

Sasha Shulyahina was 38-weeks pregnant when Russian forces invaded Ukraine in late February 2022. Motherhood and her faith continue to sustain her through a year of war.

Faith and family sustain this Kyiv family in wartime Ukraine
Alina Berezova and Stanislav Linevych, now a couple, talk about how they met on a dating app and moved in togethera after dating for six weeks amid war in Ukraine.

'We have to keep on living’: The search for love in wartime Ukraine

'We have to keep on living’: The search for love in wartime Ukraine
road in winter

Ukrainians move home and promise: ‘It’s going to go back to normal’ 

Ukrainians move home and promise: ‘It’s going to go back to normal’ 
firefighters in a line

The world kept warming in 2022. Is the 1.5-degree Celsius target within reach?

The world kept warming in 2022. Is the 1.5-degree Celsius target within reach?
man and woman side by side

Residents of informal settlements among the most at risk from climate change 

Residents of informal settlements among the most at risk from climate change 
woman with other women and children

Health crisis unfolding in Pakistan even as floodwaters recede 

Flooded areas have seen surges in malaria and other waterborne illnesses. 

Health crisis unfolding in Pakistan even as floodwaters recede 
The Nehr-i-Khayyam drainage ditch in Karachi, Pakistan, where sewage and trash collect and can impede the flow of stormwater.

'The system is broken': At COP27, developing countries push for more money to adapt to climate change

Some climate change impact is now unavoidable. At the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh this month, developing nations have been pushing for more funding, canceled debt and changes to the global financial system to help them address the funding gaps they face in dealing with climate change.

'The system is broken': At COP27, developing countries push for more money to adapt to climate change
The view of where Abdul Ghazi’s house used to be, as seen from the roof of the school where he and his family fled to escape the flooding that struck Pakistan.

A Pakistani family sees firsthand the effects of climate change, as negotiators at COP27 battle over how to pay for them

A family in one of the hardest-hit regions of Pakistan's Sindh province were forced to live on the roof of a school for two months while they waited for floodwaters that destroyed their home to recede. They are directly seeing the damaging climate change effects being discussed by world leaders at the COP27 summit.

A Pakistani family sees firsthand the effects of climate change, as negotiators at COP27 battle over how to pay for them
A porter carries sacks of imported food items at a market place in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's financial crisis is impacting families across the economic spectrum

Sri Lankan families who have never had to worry about putting food on the table are now struggling. Even those with a financial cushion are seeing their lives being upended.

Sri Lanka's financial crisis is impacting families across the economic spectrum
People wait in a queue expecting to buy cooking gas near a distribution center in Colombo, Sri Lanka

A community kitchen in Colombo feeds Sri Lankans in need

A recent UNICEF assessment in Sri Lanka found that many people are skipping meals or eating less to get by. Rising food prices and cooking gas shortages have spurred a Sri Lankan nonprofit to provide hot meals to those in need.

A community kitchen in Colombo feeds Sri Lankans in need
A hospital worker carries a tray of medicine at a government-run hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan doctors say the country can't survive on donated drugs forever

Sri Lanka imports at least 80% of its drugs and medical supplies, and the economic crisis has left it with inadequate foreign reserves to pay for them.

Sri Lankan doctors say the country can't survive on donated drugs forever
An auto rickshaw driver pushes his vehicle next to a banner that says only those vehicles with QR codes will be given fuel at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Amid fuel crisis in Sri Lanka, bicycling is no longer a 'poor person's mode of transport'

Bike shops in Sri Lanka’s largest city have reported higher sales — with the largest domestic bike manufacturer seeing a 300% increase in demand.

Amid fuel crisis in Sri Lanka, bicycling is no longer a 'poor person's mode of transport'
Double the usual number of fishing boats are seen at the Dikkowita Fisheries Harbor, a main harbor in the Colombo area of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s fuel shortage is hurting the country’s fishing industry

Sri Lanka, which imports its fuel, currently lacks enough dollars to buy adequate supplies of gasoline, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene. That's impacting the country's fishing industry, with people running out of fuel for their boats.

Sri Lanka’s fuel shortage is hurting the country’s fishing industry
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Sri Lankans wait in line for days to refuel their vehicles amid shortages, economic crisis

Traffic has begun trickling back into the streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka. But the economic crisis and fuel shortages have many people still waiting in long queues to refuel their vehicles. Some people have even been stuck in line for days.

Sri Lankans wait in line for days to refuel their vehicles amid shortages, economic crisis
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'We are ready to face any violence': Protesters in Sri Lanka brace for a crackdown

Sri Lankan protesters ousted the previous president last week, and now, they’re taking aim at the new president, calling for him to resign, too.

'We are ready to face any violence': Protesters in Sri Lanka brace for a crackdown