What the Asia-Pacific needs to leap forward on climate action

To break their 'two steps forward, one step back' routine on climate action, the Asia-Pacific needs to start delivering on ambitious emissions targets

Simply Put: 12 months in a row

Simply Put: Save Earth

COP28: New Initiative to tackle debt & climate change launched by Kenya, Colombia, France

Countries announce coalition of experts to review linkages between debt, nature and climate change   

Climate hazard: Heat-related deaths in elderly population to increase by 370% midcentury in a warming world

On average, 86 days of health-threatening high temperatures were experienced between 2018 and 2022

Simply Put: G7 Hiroshima Summit

Australia’s mean temperature rises, finds government ‘State of the Environment’ report

Australia’s mean temperature has risen by roughly 1.4 degrees Celsius, since 1910

Climate change: What should be the Agenda at COP26 Glasgow? Sunita Narain explains

Montana kids win historic climate lawsuit – here’s why it could set a powerful precedent

In the US states that have green amendments, climate advocates will certainly rely on the Montana youth case as they challenge state laws that …

High Road to Dubai COP28: Fossil fuel lobbyists crawled into ongoing Bonn climate meet, says research

Lobbyists are there to push the agenda of fossil expansion forward to continue to rake in profits, notes research

Just 3 of every 1,000 queries in Lok Sabha during last 2 decades on climate change: Study

Most of the MPs who asked questions were based in Maharashtra (181), Andhra Pradesh (105), Tamil Nadu (99), Uttar Pradesh (98) and Kerala (69)

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 

COP 26: Contentious issues of finance, carbon markets pushed to week 2

CoP26 President Alok Sharma reported progress made during week one in Glasgow in an informal stocktaking plenary November 8 

The world is running out of time: Least developed countries on IPCC report

Science is even clearer: Global greenhouse gas emissions are rising, the impacts will be devastating, said chair of 46 least developed …

Recognise ‘Un-enabling’ environment that prevents climate finance access, says Global South at UN talks in Cartagena

Experts & governments met for technical discussions and negotiations on New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance

World’s largest companies are failing on climate action, new report shows

A heavy reliance on carbon offsetting helps companies shirk accountability for a majority of their emissions

Climate lawsuits against major polluters linked with fall in their stock prices: Study

Big emitters hurt the most by new cases and unfavourable verdicts in climate litigation

Simply Put: Annual climate finance COP-out

Climate emergency: Tipping points are already here, scientists warn

Limited time available to shift priorities to alleviate climate crisis  

Climate conferences have a huge trust deficit: How to make COP28 deliver

The fact that after 27 COPs the world is still not demonstrating tangible climate action is contributing to growing frustration

High road to Dubai COP28: The Bonn meet is to end soon; but there is no decision yet about Global Goal on Adaptation

The GGA is being framed as a global target for countries and communities to aspire and take guidance from, something which is proving …

Some key takeaways from the Petersberg Climate Dialogue

The discussions at the event veered around global renewables target, climate finance and Global Stocktake

Run-up to COP27: LDCs want clear process to bridge $100 billion fund gap, loss & damage finance structure

Manjeet Dhakal, advisor to the LDC chair, talks about challenges faced by disadvantaged countries & their agenda for CoP27

‘Developed countries need to double funding to Africa for adaptation to climate change’

Summit discussed Africa's COP 27 agenda; Calls for flowing funds to continent's Adaptation Acceleration Program