Flowing through the waters of the once-mighty Kafue River – a source of drinking water and livelihood for millions of Zambians – is poison. Since the start of the year,…
Mukhtar Babayev is the COP29 President and Special Representative of the President of Azerbaijan for Climate Issues. Last year, the multilateralist’s task was challenging but clear. At the annual UN…
Since Donald Trump came to power as US president in January, he has started the process to exit the Paris climate accord, slashed US spending on climate programmes at home…
The United Nations, Germany and Brazil joined diplomatic forces this week to convince the world of the national and economic security benefits of pursuing ambitious climate action in challenging geopolitical…
Rachel Santarsiero is the director of the National Security Archive’s Climate Change Transparency Project in Washington, D.C. The U.S. intelligence apparatus has long monitored how climate change will affect U.S.…
Despite record additions, clean energy sources could not fully meet a surge in electricity demand in 2024, driven mainly by the effects of rising temperatures, an annual review by the…
Carbon credit registry Verra has suspended activities by four auditors related to carbon credit projects they vetted in China which claimed bogus emission reductions. In an unprecedented move, TÜV Nord,…
Ambassador Ali Mohamed is Kenya’s Special Envoy for Climate Change. Kenya is a frontline casualty of the climate crisis. Escalating temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, and prolonged droughts are slashing food production,…
Organisations and campaigners across the climate justice movement are joining forces to counter the wider chilling effect of a major legal blow that could bankrupt one of its largest players. …
