Climate Action

5 Ways COP30 Can Make Progress Where Countries’ Climate Plans Fall Short (David Waskow, Jamal Srouji, Kiyomi de Zoysa, Cynthia Elliott, Nathan Cogswell, Deirdre...

Amid record heat and worsening climate impacts on people’s lives, 2025 is a turning point for global climate action, as countries renew their climate...

World’s Informal Housing Crisis Demands a Climate Response (Wanjira Mathai – World Resources Institute)

When floods hit my hometown in Kenya last year, it was the poorest communities who suffered most. In Nairobi, where more than 3 million...

Financing Nature Conservation: Will the Tropical Forest Forever Facility Finally Do It? (Charles (Chip) Barber, Edward Davey, Viviana Zalles and Mariana Oliveira – World...

At the 1992 Rio Earth Summit in Brazil, the nations of the world agreed as part of the Forest Principles to provide financial resources...

Forecasting the PRC’s Next Global Initiative (Kyle Marcrum – The Jamestown Foundation)

Xi Jinping could unveil a “global environmental initiative” as soon as mid-November 2025, at the COP30 summit in Brazil. This would align with previous...

Three Steps to Protect the United States Against Extreme Heat (J. Stephen Morrison, Katherine E. Bliss, and Christina E. Zielke – Center for Strategic...

Extreme heat is becoming an urgent priority in the United States and beyond. The threat posed by extreme heat has become a matter of...

Defossilizing Industry: Considerations for Scaling-up Carbon Capture and Utilization Pathways (World Economic Forum)

Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) present an opportunity to reduce emissions from industrial supply chains by converting captured CO₂ into valuable carbon-based products such...

Trump’s UN Speech Cannot Steer the Global Climate Effort (Alice C. Hill – Council on Foreign Relations)

President Donald Trump used his UN General Assembly speech to deliver the longest and most detailed statement of his climate and energy views since...

‘No end’ expected to floods and storms as global heating continues (UN News)

The world’s water resources face growing pressure from climate change while emergencies involving the life-giving resource are increasingly impacting lives and livelihoods, the UN...

The UN climate process remains indispensable (Bernice Lee – Chatham House)

In recent months, critics have renewed attacks claiming that the United Nations climate negotiations are broken beyond repair. Bjørn Lomborg has long dismissed the...

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