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Policy & Finance
Warming Himalayas: Nepal’s climate justice test
Nepal’s devastating Himalayan floods have exposed the human and economic cost of a warming region, reviving demand for climate justice.
Carbon & Climate
Can adaptation accelerate climate action?
After a summer of apocalyptic headlines, a new survey finds that people across the political spectrum are deeply concerned about preparing for the effects of global warming. The adaptation imperative may end up being the kind of crisis that forces us to stop neglecting the green agenda and act at the necessary scale.
Policy & Finance
A workable social contract for the climate transition
Economic insecurity and growing distrust in institutions are undermining governments’ ability to sustain support for climate action. To rebuild that support, they must show that climate policies can reduce household bills, create decent jobs, and ensure that the biggest emitters pay their fair share.
Carbon & Climate
Who is responsible for Nepal’s tragedy?
The devastating floods in Nepal demonstrate what happens when reckless development puts climate-vulnerable communities in harm’s way. They also highlight a climate-finance system that is unable to provide the funds countries need in the immediate aftermath of such disasters.
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Why Asia must fight for global tax justice at the UN
13 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
Climate justice is no longer an aspiration but a legal duty
3 September 2025
28 July 2025
Carbon & Climate
The World Court finally opens the door to 'climate reparations'
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27 December 2024
15 October 2024
Policy & Finance
Harmonising loss and damage finance will be key to COP29
5 September 2024
Policy & Finance
Climate impacts are crippling insurance and Big Oil must pay up
5 August 2024
Carbon & Climate
How unplanned development, unusual rain ended in disaster
12 April 2024
Carbon & Climate
Taxing polluters is the key to climate justice
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Realising the potential of the climate loss and damage fund
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18 December 2023
Carbon & Climate
No finance? No fossil fuel phase-out
30 November 2023
Policy & Finance
Loss and damage as a common climate cause
16 November 2023
Policy & Finance
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