Tag: COP26

Bending the Asia-Pacific coal curve is critical to taming climate change. COP26 is making progress (Robert F. Ichord, Jr., Atlantic Council)

On the fourth day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), host United Kingdom, which has already almost entirely phased...

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...

Launching the First Movers Coalition at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (US Department of State)

At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the United States announced the launch of the First Movers Coalition, a new platform for...

‘A continuation of colonialism’: indigenous activists say their voices are missing at Cop26 (Nina Lakhani, The Guardian)

As world leaders inside the Cop26 conference centre in Glasgow boasted about pledges to slash greenhouse gas emissions and end deforestation, indigenous delegates gathered across the...

The world will burn through its ‘carbon budget’ in 11 years without big emissions cuts, scientists say (Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post)

Global greenhouse gas emissions have almost completely rebounded after slumping during the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the world with just 11 years of burning carbon at the...

Transizione energetica, la via per le rinnovabili passa dall’innovazione (Mirella Castigli, Agenda Digitale)

La transizione energetica è inevitabile e serve per evitare i disastri causati dai cambiamenti climatici, ma l’Italia è in ritardo nell’adozione delle strategie per affrontare il...

Tackling air pollution can accelerate climate action – here’s how (Roderick Weller, Shannon Engstrom, WEF)

Air pollution is harmful to human health, the economy and the planet. Addressing air pollution can provide immediate and tangible benefits for people...

Why we need a new approach to ‘environmental art’ for the 21st century (Carlo Ratti, WEF)

Environmental artists re-envision humans' relations with nature and highlight how damaged environments can be remedied. The environmental artist Christo's posthumous work in Paris...