Editor’s Desk: COP reform is happening quietly, behind the headlines
In the thick of the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan in 2024, the UN climate talks were rattled by what can only be described as a major PR disaster. The…
From Australia to Chile, our cities are driving a green investment boom
Nick Reece is Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Australia, and co-chair-elect of C40, a global network of nearly 100 major cities working to address climate change. Claudio Castro is Mayor of…
Africa wants adaptation finance on COP31 agenda, raising risk of a fight
African negotiators have asked the UN to open a formal space at COP31 for contentious talks on adaptation finance and trade, lining up a potential fight over the agenda when…
Stalemate on finance at COP17 nature talks exposes need for new sources
Negotiations on finance at a key UN summit where governments are expected to ramp up "insufficient" nature conservation policies have reached a stalemate, as countries struggle to agree on where…
Why COP31 needs to start talking about just transition finance
Tens of billions of dollars in international climate finance have been pledged this decade for a “just energy transition” in the Global South. Most of the money, promised by wealthy…
COP31 must amplify people power, not oil lobby voices
Jurema Werneck, Ruhat Sena Akşener and Samantha Klintworth are directors for Amnesty International in Brazil, Türkiye and Australia, respectively.The climate crisis is also a human rights crisis - claiming lives…
Tensions set to flare over trade at COP31 as China makes it a priority
Trade measures that impose tariffs and penalties on cleantech and emissions-intensive goods are poised to re-emerge as a challenging issue at the UN climate talks in Türkiye next month, after…
National climate plans now promise half the emission cuts expected by UN
Countries' climate plans would cut global emissions only half as much by 2035 as the UN projected a year ago, its annual assessment showed, after the US exit from the…
Lula’s election win in Brazil raises hopes for zero deforestation drive
The surprise re-election of Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday, in a tight race against right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, has raised hopes the country can meet a…