Climate Action

America’s Climate Diplomacy Challenge and the Path to Rebuilding Credibility (Catherine Goldberg and Milan Vivanco – Just Security)

No one was surprised when the United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement for a second time earlier this year. What shocked the international...

Melting Glaciers and the Planetary Cry for Climate Action (Soma Sarkar – Observer Research Foundation)

With rising global mean temperatures vis-à-vis increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the future of the world’s glaciers appears bleak. The recent collapse of the...

Rethinking Vulnerability in India’s Heat Action Plans (Alisha Mehra – Observer Research Foundation)

India is experiencing increasingly frequent and intense heat waves driven by climate change. A study released earlier this year identified a “high to very...

Preparing for the next flood: Protecting women’s health in Bangladesh (UN News)

Climate change has worsened monsoon flooding in Bangladesh, putting women of child-bearing age at risk – but the UN reproductive health agency (UNFPA) is...

ASEAN and China need their own climate compact (Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – Lowy The Interpreter)

As the next round of annual global talks on climate change approaches, the European Union and China last month jointly issued a climate declaration...

The world court tightens the tap on fossil fuels (Melanie Pill, Meg Keen – Lowy The Interpreter)

After months of anticipation, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered an advisory opinion on climate change – confirming the obligation of countries...

Australia risks wasting its solar superpower status (Clare Caldwell – Lowy The Interpreter)

As statistics go, this is a good one: Australia could generate enough electricity to satisfy the needs of the entire world by covering just...

Tackling the energy, food and water nexus – here are the key priorities (Arunabha Ghosh, Jane Nelson – World Economic Forum)

Demand for food, water and energy is rising rapidly – by 2050, food demand could increase by over 50%, energy by up to 19%...

UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit (UN News)

UN Secretary‑General António Guterres declared the world has “passed the point of no return” on the shift to renewables and implored governments to file...

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