Tag: Climate Action

Is nuclear power the way forward to combat the climate crisis? (Patricia Sabga, Al Jazeera)

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) wraps up and countries prepare to throw a lot more money towards decarbonising their economies, the...

Accounting for Climate Change (Lucrezia Reichlin, Project-Syndicate)

This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow has brought a marked shift in focus from the responsibilities of governments to the...

Will COP26 in Glasgow spur progress on reducing carbon emissions? (David Dollar and David G. Victor, Brookings)

As the global climate change conference (COP26) continues in Glasgow, climate expert David Victor joins host David Dollar to talk about what’s been happening in Scotland and whether...

Climate on track to devastate world’s poorest economies: Study (Al Jazeera)

The 65 most vulnerable nations will see their gross domestic product (GDP) drop 20 percent on average by 2050 and 64 percent by 2100...

Getting Conflict into the Global Climate Conversation (Crisis Group)

World leaders are meeting in Glasgow to talk about what to do to ameliorate the mounting climate crisis. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts...

To fight poverty, we need more climate action (Joe Cerrell, Khalifa Al-Kuwari, Al Jazeera)

With COP26 ongoing, much of the global climate discussion focuses on efforts to reduce and curb greenhouse gas emissions by turning to cleaner and...

Who’s making the grade on climate change education ambition? (Christina Kwauk, Brookings)

The release of the 6th IPCC report on the physical science of climate change this year raised the alarm around the urgency to act on the...

Beyond the $100 billion: financing a sustainable and resilient future (Amar Bhattacharya, Nicholas Stern, LSE)

In this policy note Amar Bhattacharya and Nicholas Stern set out where we are on developed countries’ climate finance pledge to developing countries and...

COP26: Thousands of young people take over Glasgow streets demanding climate action (UN News)

“What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now!” echoed throughout central Glasgow on Friday as thousands of protesters took the...

Can innovation save the planet? (Dan Peleschuk, Atlantic Council)

The twenty-sixth United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP26) on climate change kicked off this week with major pledges to end deforestation and reduce methane emissions. But...

State Department’s Clean Energy Demand Initiative Brings Together Companies and Countries to Meet Clean Energy Goals (US Department of State)

Today at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and the Bureau of Energy...

‘Dramatic’ boost needed in climate adaptation: UN environment agency (UN News)

Although policies and planning for climate change adaptation are increasing, financing and implementation lag behind, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new...

World food prices reach highest level in more than a decade (UN News)

The UN barometer of world food prices has surged to a new peak, reaching its highest level since July 2011, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced this Thursday. World food prices reach highest level in...

‘Energy day’at COP26: Voices call out for an end to use of coal, gas and oil (UN News)

Fittingly, the sun broke through the clouds over Glasgow on Thursday as delegations and participants prepared for ‘energy day’ at COP26, one of the...

By 2030, half world’s population will be exposed to flooding, storms, tsunamis (UN News)

By the year 2030, an estimated 50 per cent of the world's population will live in coastal areas which are exposed to flooding, storms and tsunamis. By...

The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters (Matt Simon, Wired)

Off the coast  of California lies an underwater forest of giant kelp, a kind of seaweed that grows to 100 feet tall at the...