The Global North must own up to its responsibility for the climate emergency and pay the debt owed to the Global South — in actions not words
Hosted on home soil, this year’s conference is a valuable opportunity to gain climate wins for the continent
When parties meet to negotiate and evaluate progress on climate change, financing for loss and damage will be high on the agenda for developing countries
Effective action needs to understand the linkages between biodiversity loss, climate change, economic development and the need for a conservation approach that is integrated and holistic.
In June, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change released a report on the gender-differentiated impacts of climate change. Drawing on hundreds of peer-reviewed sources from around the world, the report painted a grim picture of how women are already facing significantly elevated risks of climate harm. The research also confirmed that climate change […]
Both regions boast innovative, homegrown solutions but these rarely ‘get airtime’
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Views about multinational energy and gas companies sponsoring the United Nations climate conferences are strongly divided
A sensible climate policy must balance the imperative of decarbonisation, socioeconomic policy and security of supply considerations
They want quantitative commitments to the various finance mechanisms that rich countries have promised to contribute to
One country pays for greenhouse gas emissions in another country and uses that credit for its own emission reduction targets — but accounting irregularities increased carbon emissions
The United Kingdom, this year’s climate change conference host, wants an in-person event, but Covid factors such as travel restrictions and vaccinations may stop people from attending
Other steps to fight climate change include improved reporting, monitoring and laws
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