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,...
Country Pledges Still Long Way from Meeting Paris Goals (UNEP Report)
Governments and non-state actors need to deliver an urgent increase in ambition to ensure the Paris Agreement goals can still be met, according to a new...
Climate change threatens China’s crops
In the recent UN Climate Summit, Vice Premier Zhang announced that China would double its commitment to a South-South cooperation fund specifically targeting climate...
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...
A final look at the UN climate conference in Bonn: a Canadian writer explains...
A key takeaway from this year’s United Nations climate change conference (COP 23) is that, when it comes to putting a practical foundation under...
Scary! Five Pacific islands have already disappeared due to sea-level rise.
Five small islands that are part of the Solomon Islands cluster in the Pacific have just been submerged by rising sea levels. The sinking...