Climate Emergency CoP 25: Ranking of top climate change performers disregards consumption question
Reducing consumption needs to be a central axis of the global mitigation agenda
Climate Emergency CoP 25: New index makes scathing critique of climate laggards
Approval of Adani mine makes Australian government an “increasingly regressive force”
Climate Emergency CoP 25: EU not on track to meet its Paris commitments
A significant proportion of the continent’s emissions reduction has been driven by outsourcing and other extraneous factors
Ed Miliband makes a potentially transformative pitch for CoP 26 Glasgow presidency
He must clarify position on carbon markets, genuinely work in partnership with world
African cities call for local climate action, adaptation finance
The Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa encourages local authorities to make a political commitment for access to energy, climate mitigation …
US not doing its bit to reduce emissions
Without strong federal funding, targets and commitment, it will be very difficult for the US to become a low carbon economy, a new CSE report says
Climate Emergency CoP 25: What leaders will discuss at the meet
The four issues that world leaders are expected to discuss at the 12-day meet
2020 US elections: No Democrat candidate offers bold plan for climate action
A number of polls suggest that Democrat voters also consider climate change to be a top-tier issue, as important as healthcare
DTE analysis leads to sacking of British CoP president
The new appointee must work with the world to ensure UNFCCC CoP 26 at Glasgow is remembered as an inflection point
New CoP 26 Glasgow president: Alok Sharma distracts from national ambition
Nature-based solutions and Net Zero are welcome and adaptation finance is crucial. But they must not distract from enhancing countries’ …
Draft EU climate law: Too little ambition, net-zero target too late
2050 global net-zero goals only ensure 66 per cent chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C; high levels of ambition needed
BP and British media must stop green-washing
All promises of climate action must come with estimates of costs and emissions mitigated
Europe’s biomass problem
Wood-fired power will actually increase emissions over timescales relevant to the Paris Agreement
How will climate change affect carbon sequestered in tropical forests?
New study emphasises not just species diversity but also geodiversity
Draft EU Climate Law: Incomplete framework, poor on internationalism
Climate activist Greta Thunberg termed the proposed EU law’s 2050 net-zero target a ‘surrender’
Obituary: Rajendra Kr Pachauri: (20 August, 1940 - 13 February, 2020)
Failings apart, his was the scientific face of fight against climate change as well as its messianic activist face
Climate Emergency CoP 25: The inadequacy of net zero
The European Commission's Green New Deal's ambigously worded 'climate neutrality' target is concerning
Is India on track to meet its Paris commitments
The country may not meet its targets completely but is within reach to achieve a substantial part of it
Climate emergency: A question of semantics?
Framing the changing climate as an emergency is preventing progress towards climate action
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India must release its 2005 baseline emissions data
This will enable much high quality policy-relevant analysis of India’s road to sustainability
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Large sections of western media insensitive to equity question
The Guardian and many others still believe developed nations are on track with climate targets
Climate Emergency CoP 25: A gap that keeps growing
The Emissions Gap Report for this year makes it clear that countries around the world are falling short to reach their targets vis-à-vis …
Extinction Rebellion needs to build solidarity and work on its race problem
But it shouldn't be on a government watch list
Denmark’s new climate law could potentially be world-leading but does not go far enough
While a crucial step, the law does not reform the Nordic model of consumption
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Climatic tipping point is closer than we think
Scientists confirm that we are indeed in a climate emergency