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Carbon & Climate
As climate diplomacy stalls, the economics are racing ahead
Despite political gridlock within countries and at global summits, climate change and ecological degradation are creating undeniable economic momentum. As renewables scale up, fossil fuels will become even less competitive; and as ecosystems degrade, markets will price in the risks and reward those who adapt.
Policy & Finance
Climate and development finance must be integrated
Much of the international community has been under the illusion that climate action and development are different pursuits. But to make progress on both agendas, the delegates at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference must recognise that they are one and the same, and begin building an integrated financing system.
Carbon & Climate
COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
As the host of this year's UN Climate Change Conference, Brazil seeks to make COP30 the “COP of implementation.” Translating commitments into robust action should include providing indigenous peoples with direct access to predictable and sustainable finance, and treating them as equal partners, rather than as beneficiaries.
Carbon & Climate
How to measure climate progress
Ending reliance on oil, coal, and gas, and embracing technologies that will only improve and become cheaper over time, is not just smart climate policy. It is the best way to improve economic competitiveness and human prosperity for decades to come.
All #UNFCCC Opinion
13 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
From Rio to Belém: The long unravelling of climate consensus
11 November 2025
10 November 2025
Policy & Finance
What COP30 must do
27 October 2025
Policy & Finance
While the West retreats, Asia powers ahead on sustainable finance
3 October 2025
16 September 2025
Policy & Finance
Environmental crime worth billions is climate fight’s blind spot
25 August 2025
Policy & Finance
Climate finance is held back by rules from the financial crash
28 July 2025
Carbon & Climate
The World Court finally opens the door to 'climate reparations'
23 July 2025
Policy & Finance
COP30 must make good on past climate commitments
22 July 2025
1 July 2025
Policy & Finance
How far has the dial really moved in climate finance since COP29?
27 May 2025
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Policy & Finance
Can COP30 succeed where COP29 failed?
12 January 2025
Policy & Finance
It’s time for a UN ‘universal declaration on nature’
27 December 2024
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Policy & Finance
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