Opinion / #COP29
Carbon & Climate
From Rio to Belém: The long unravelling of climate consensus
Three decades after the optimism of the 1992 Earth Summit, the climate regime faces a tough test. The retreat of multilateralism and the rules-based international order has left COP30 struggling to hold together the fading promise of global action.
As the world gathers in the Amazon, political headwinds and fading ambition test the limits of global climate cooperation.
Policy & Finance
What COP30 must do
Whereas last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference tripled the global climate-finance target, this year’s gathering must show how funds will be delivered. Developing countries are doing their part, but their climate strategies cannot succeed without external support.
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 #COP29 Opinion
1 July 2025
Policy & Finance
How far has the dial really moved in climate finance since COP29?
20 June 2025
17 June 2025
Carbon & Climate
Article 6: Climate tool or trap?
15 April 2025
Policy & Finance
Can COP30 succeed where COP29 failed?
26 March 2025
14 February 2025
Policy & Finance
Getting green investment where it’s needed most
27 January 2025
Policy & Finance
Southeast Asia's frustration with the state of climate finance
12 January 2025
Policy & Finance
It’s time for a UN ‘universal declaration on nature’
9 January 2025
Carbon & Climate
Ban solar geoengineering
7 January 2025
Food & Agriculture
Synergising digital tech and climate tech to enhance Asean climate action
Food & Agriculture
Meat and dairy’s methane emissions must be on the table in 2025
27 December 2024
Policy & Finance
How developing nations can raise money to offset climate crisis
20 December 2024
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Policy & Finance
Did COP29 fail women?
10 December 2024
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