Opinion / #COP28
Carbon & Climate
Climate justice is no longer an aspiration but a legal duty
This year’s advisory opinions from two prominent international courts mark a turning point, write two environmental law experts.
As the world gathers in the Amazon, political headwinds and fading ambition test the limits of global climate cooperation.
The world is not on track to meet its climate targets, and the devastating effects of global warming are appearing faster than many anticipated. But the undeniable progress made in the Paris climate agreement's first decade provides reason to hope that more progress can be made.
Policy & Finance
Environmental crime worth billions is climate fight’s blind spot
Despite generating billions of dollars in illegal revenue a year, environmental crime in the Amazon still isn't a priority at UN climate summits.
All #COP28 Opinion
12 January 2025
Policy & Finance
It’s time for a UN ‘universal declaration on nature’
29 October 2024
Carbon & Climate
Why COP29 should not be ignored
15 October 2024
Policy & Finance
Harmonising loss and damage finance will be key to COP29
6 September 2024
2 September 2024
26 June 2024
2 May 2024
Carbon & Climate
Is climate action China's trump card?
27 March 2024
Carbon & Climate
The criminalisation of climate activists must stop now
26 February 2024
5 February 2024
Policy & Finance
Matchmakers for the green transition
2 February 2024
Policy & Finance
Realising the potential of the climate loss and damage fund
Policy & Finance
COP28 outcome makes green skills business-critical
29 January 2024
Food & Agriculture
Women bear the brunt of Asia's climate failures
Policy & Finance
Developing countries need debt relief to act on climate change
17 January 2024
Carbon & Climate
This election year, let’s talk climate
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