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Recent years have heralded a particularly disruptive period in human history. Against the backdrop of a warming planet and the spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we face some of the most challenging economic and geopolitical conditions in decades. And things...

The 2023 UN Conference of Parties – or COP28 – like its predecessors, concluded with mixed results. Some have lauded the “historic” consensus text which includes the need to “transition” away from fossil fuels. Others have lamented the vague language and non-binding...

The end of COP27 closed with a historic agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries that shoulder the heavy burden of climate change. But, after launching the fund on day one, many of the other decisions at COP28 made that agreement look...

The goals of the Paris Agreement will be missed unless there is a rapid and substantial increase in investment in emerging market and developing countries, leading finance experts have warned. The report states: “We are far behind on climate action globally, as...

COP28 saw momentum on climate action continuing to build. More ambition is still needed to accelerate progress—so it can be measured in months not decades. Negotiations at COP28 concluded with the “UAE Consensus”. One notable element of which was the agreement on a...

The biggest takeaway? Countries are making incremental progress on strengthening their NDCs, but what the world really needs to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement is a radical increase in both ambition and action on almost every front. Read more…..

Nearly every country in the world has agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels” – the main driver of climate change – at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. It is the first time such an agreement has been reached in 28 years of international climate negotiations....

New path for the World - An enhanced, balanced, and historic package to accelerate climate action. The UAE Consensus, which follows a year of inclusive diplomatic engagements and two weeks of intense negotiations, reflects the COP28 Presidency’s goal to provide the...

As the world’s largest and most powerful economy, the U.S. can’t simultaneously remain its biggest oil and gas producer and be an effective climate leader on the global stage. The posture is untenable — and the math doesn’t add up. Read more…..

Released ahead of the 2023 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Emissions Gap Report 2023: Broken Record – Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again), finds that global low-carbon transformations are needed to deliver cuts to...

COP28 is the biggest accountability moment for climate action in history. At COP28, the UN will conclude its first-ever “Global Stocktake,” assessing the world’s collective progress toward addressing the climate crisis. Read more…..

As we head closer to COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, the data is stark. GHG emissions have increased by 60% since 1990, and all minds are focused on that hopeful and all-important word – progress. And, of course, on what more needs to be done to achieve it, given...