Tag: Climate 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...

The most impactful actions at COP26 point to progress on climate change (UN News)

Of the many agreements and initiatives announced at the 26th UN Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, the UN Climate Communications Lead at the Department of Global Communications narrowed...

The ‘net zero’ myth (Khaled Diab, Al Jazeera)

Earlier this month, the world’s leaders got together to small talk about the weather and to big talk about the climate at the 26th...

Infographic: The 100 most polluted cities in the world (Hanna Duggal, Al Jazeera)

Every year, a thick smog covers India’s capital New Delhi. Last week, it got so bad for the 20 million residents that authorities shut schools. New...

Africa’s youth lost out in Glasgow (Louise Fox, Brookings)

As the Glasgow COP26 meetings ended on Sunday, it quickly became clear that the region that will suffer the worst economic and social effects...

Deploying ‘sentinel satellites’ to monitor greenhouse gas emissions (Susmita Dasgupta, Somik V. Lall, and David Wheeler, Brookings)

The recently published Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-AR6) cautioned that climate change is already affecting every inhabited region of...

Climate change will pose a huge disruption. Are the world’s banks ready? (David G. Victor and Michael Panfil, Brookings)

As the climate change conference concluded last week in Glasgow, one thing set it apart from all the other conferences before: The world’s bankers...

How technology can help with methane regulation (Barry G. Rabe, Brookings)

Methane’s march from obscurity to center stage at the Glasgow climate summit reflects its growing recognition as an intensive global warming driver. President Joe...

COP26 shows cities can lead on climate, but must strengthen their data and action plans (Mark Muro, David G. Victor, Colleen Dougherty, Adie Tomer,...

As U.S. metropolitan leaders return to domestic realities after COP26, the United Nations climate summit, they face a glaring contradiction. COP26 shows cities can lead on...

The Smart Climate Money Is on Women (Marjut Falkstedt, Project-Syndicate)

Women account for 43% of the agricultural labor force in developing countries, but account for only about 7% of investment in the sector. According to the Food and...

The geoeconomics of climate finance (Akshay Mathur, Mannat Jaspal, ORF)

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that an annual investment of US $2.4 trillion is needed in the energy sector alone until 2035...

Achieving net-zero through just transition (Chandra Bhushan, ORF)

The global community has limited time to act on climate change mitigation if it wants to avoid the irreversible, catastrophic impacts. Two reports, this...

A just path to a decarbonised future (Kate Hampton, Mridula Pandey, Shirish Sinha, ORF)

The new IPCC Sixth Assessment Report clearly states that the coming decades are the planet’s last chance to keep global warming below 1.5°C before...

Perspectives on a green taxonomy for India (Renita D’Souza, ORF)

If current patterns are not reversed, global temperatures will likely rise by greater than 3°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100—this will be a significant...

A Green New Deal must be global (Mihir Swarup Sharma, ORF)

In recent years, climate ambition has increased in many parts of the world. Many emerging and developed economies have either formally or informally revisited...

Planning the Route to Net Zero (Richard Mattison, Project-Syndicate)

The travel details of the huge number of world leaders, company CEOs, and investors who made their way to Glasgow for the latest United...