Mayors of 9 major cities support #FridaysForFuture

Teenager's climate protest leads to thousands of schools strikes in 106 countries

We need to act NOW: UN climate change body turns 25

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change celebrated its 25th anniversary on 21 March, 2019. Here's what UN Climate Change …

Stockholm+50: Little to cheer

The Stockholm Conference of 1972 had put environmental issues on the global agenda for the first time. Today, over 176 countries have …

Stockholm syndrome: What should ‘+50’ be about

The 50th anniversary celebration of the Stockholm conference should be about our common future, not the divisions of the past

Climate justice, now: Latest IPCC report just told us why we need that

IPCC’s latest climate report provides evidence that climate-justice needs to be at the centre of global policymaking 

New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen?

Industrial reality is the chief concern: Cutting emissions by half within a decade implies transforming the electricity system, transportation, …

Climate Emergency CoP 25: New index makes scathing critique of climate laggards

Approval of Adani mine makes Australian government an “increasingly regressive force”  

COP 22, as it turned out

The issues of agriculture, adaptation and pre-2020 actions suffered the most as no major outcome came out on them

The Galileo gambit and other stories: the three main tactics of climate denial

One Nation Senator-elect Malcolm Roberts lauds Galileo as a hero who turned scientific consensus on its head. But the 'Galileo gambit' is just …

Stockholm+50: Is science for just solutions

If science-policy interfaces are to deliver just and effective solutions to climate change, they must involve indigenous peoples and local communities

Developed nations should assist us in climate change actions: BASIC group

The BASIC ministers reiterated that developed countries should provide financial and technological support for climate change actions

Sunita Narain ‘national climate leader’ from India for 2019

Non-profit Climate Scorecard's first National Climate Leader awardee list published in Global Spotlight Report #22 

Greta, 15 other children filed a UN complaint against 5 countries. Here's what it'll achieve

Whether or not the petitioners are successful, the mere act of filing the complaint has already brought the matter into the public eye

Climate models predict the world will be 'anomalously warm' until 2022

Research showed that over the next two years, it is 64% likely to be anomalously warm 

There are three types of climate change denier, and most of us are at least one

The treatment of Thunberg, and the vigour with which people push away reminders of that which they would rather not deal with, illustrate …

Suva Expert Dialogue: Parties fail to present new ideas on tackling climate impacts

The two-day dialogue on loss and damage could not move beyond stating the obvious and raising concerns over roadblocks

Technology push at COP 23: platform to promote low carbon fuels launched

The below50 initiative hubs was launched in North America, South America and Australia to bring together suppliers and costumers for …

Time for China and Europe to lead, as Trump dumps the Paris climate deal

Trump's decision of withdrawing from Paris Agreement leaves China and Europe with the job of preventing other nations from following suit

In a first, ING Bank will make lending decision based on clients’ climate actions

The Dutch bank will identify those clients that are leading the transition to a low-carbon economy and need its help the most

Push for gender equality at COP23, Gender Action Plan adopted

The plan pushes for gender-responsive climate policy and action, and for equal representation for women at the global climate meet 

Cities rally around the Paris deal, a reminder that global problems can have local solutions

International problems and local policies are integrally interwoven, whether the nationalists in Washington like it or not

COP 22: APA adopts drafts conclusion

The developing countries called for maintaining the delicate balance of all elements under the APA

COP22: parties discuss ways to enhance transparency framework for climate action

The rules and modalities of the transparency framework are expected to be in place by 2018

50 years since Stockholm conference: The summer lingers

That we still seek the Stockholm declaration’s ideals only shows how we need to up our game to prevent the planet’s environmental crisis

CoP26: How India is paving the way towards climate action

India’s adaptation efforts have been shouldered through afforestation activities, wetland management, compensatory afforestation, etc