UN Opens Talanoa Dialogue Portal, Aiming for Higher Climate Ambition

The UN Climate Change secretariat today launched a new portal to support the Talanoa Diaologue, an important international conversation in which countries will check progress...

COP 22 Finance roadmap to 2020

As the hottest year on record draws to a close, countries will gather in Morocco from the 7th to 18th of November for the...

Tourism ‘s climate footprint is formidable

Previous estimates of tourism's climate footprint have fallen far below the mark. Between 2009 and 2013 it increased four times more than earlier estimated,...

Maximizing the Potential of the Paris Agreement: Effective Review of Action and Support...

This discussion brief builds upon the workshop DzReviewing )implementation and Compliance under the Paris Agreement, held at Arizona State University, 7-8 April 2016. Authors...

Global carbon emissions look likely to increase in 2017

 The world's carbon emissions are expected to show a lurch upwards this year, by around 2%, after three years of staying virtually level. This...

Shell’s green plan underwhelms critics

A leading producer of fossil fuels, which last month announced its intention to reduce its contribution to the global warming stoked by society’s prodigal...