Tag: Climate Action

Technology can power Australia to lead climate diplomacy with Pacific family (Stephen Minas, Christian Lohberger – The Interpreter)

Australia’s election was not just the “referendum” on nuclear that the opposition leader Peter Dutton had insisted on. In addition to removing the political...

Geostrategic magazine (3 May 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Bulgaria; Climate Action; Democracy; Europe;...

Geostrategic magazine (23 April 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Arms Control; Azerbaijan-Georgia; Central Asia;...

Open newsletter – february 21, 2022

from: Al Jazeera, Asia Times, Corriere della Sera, East Asia Forum, Euractiv, Global Times, Reuters, RFE RL, RUSI, TASS, The Interpreter, The Strategist  AFGHANISTAN The United...

Could 2022 be a year of hope for climate? (Wolfgang Fengler, Brookings)

The editors of this blog decided we should strike a hopeful note in 2022, so I thought I would write about climate change. I’m...

The climate conundrum (Dennis J. Snower, Brookings)

The COP26 summit is now over and the question remains, where do we go from here? Although progress has been made—a “big step forward” said...

Biotech Innovation: The Low-Hanging Fruit They Missed in Glasgow (Val Giddings, ITIF)

Although verdicts vary, and some progress was clearly made, the climate change consensus emerging among scientists post-Glasgow is that the world continues on a path to exceed the threshold of 1.5 degrees...

Reeling in a Deal to Save the Ocean (Project-Syndicate)

The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface, produces half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions of people, and provides hundreds...

China Is Holding the Planet Hostage (Chris Patten, Project-Syndicate)

The verbal emissions at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow were understandably extensive but fortunately less environmentally damaging than the...

How to ensure the COP26 forest declaration is a success (Alison Hoare, Chatham House)

The Glasgow conference saw a plethora of announcements on forests with the most high-profile being the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, signed by...

Green Business After COP26 (Johan Rockström, Tobias Raffel, Project-Syndicate)

What is next on the global climate agenda? This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow certainly did not fail, but nor...

Big climate change job awaits WTO – if it can step up (Mark John, Reuters)

From laying down the law on fossil fuel subsidies to promoting low-carbon supply chains, there is no shortage of ways in which the World...

Can we litigate our way out of a climate catastrophe? (John Letzing, WEF)

A growing number of lawsuits are targeting climate inaction. 'Systemic' cases have fundamentally challenged government inertia. Some victories have been notched in the...

Missing from COP26: Lifestyle choices of middle-class and rich consumers (Homi Kharas, Brookings)

Negotiations at COP26 focused on green technology and finance. Governments pledged money, businesses committed to net-zero production, and ordinary citizens … did nothing! Individual...

After Cop26, countries must turn climate promises into action on global shipping (David Kabua, Climate Home News)

Last week all eyes were on Cop26, the global climate conference in Glasgow, and rightly so. After Cop26, countries must turn climate promises into action...

Biden Infrastructure Bill Makes Major Investments To Accelerate Clean Energy & Climate Innovation (Johnna Crider, CleanTechnica)

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), which is a think tank for science and technology policy, has released a statement from the director of its...