Energy Shock Forces Europe to Rethink Climate Ambitions
The European Union is once again confronting a severe energy shock as the Iran war disrupts global supply routes and drives prices sharply higher....
Trump Targets Core Climate Rule in Sweeping U.S. Deregulation Push
Background
The Trump administration is preparing to repeal the Obama-era “endangerment finding,” the scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions threaten human health and welfare. This...
Is Illegal Fishing the Climate Crime We Keep Ignoring?
Authors: Amna Hashmi and Javaria Shaikh*
For centuries, the oceans were treated as commons that can never be exhausted. From early imperial fishing fleets up...
The Commodification of Pollution: Why Carbon Emissions Trading Could Harm Indonesia
Increasing carbon emissions and the global climate crisis have transcended mere environmental concerns to become integrated with the dynamics of international trade, manifesting in...
The Ghost Ship of Belem: COP30 and the Unraveling of Global Climate Consensus
The city of Belém, a gateway to the sprawling Amazon, presents a perfect and painful paradox for the thirtieth Conference of the Parties. Here,...
Indonesia’s NDC: A Promise in Need of Enforcement
There’s something profound about what Indonesia’s new Second NDC (2031–2035) asks of the world: a brave promise wrapped in pragmatism, a claim to moral...
Australia’s COP31 Bid Stalls: Green Energy Ambitions and Pacific Ties at Risk
Australia, long considered the front-runner to host COP31, now faces a serious challenge from Turkey, which is pressing its rival bid. Hosting the UN...
Innovation in Global Climate Governance Without the Big Players
The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is currently being held in Belém, Brazil,...
Who Pays for the Climate Crisis? Finance Debate Deepens
As the world braces for intensifying climate impacts, the question of who pays for the green transition has become one of the most divisive...
COP30 Opens Amid New Insights from Climate Science
With rapid climate change, extreme weather events increasingly impact global populations and environments. Key developments in climate science for 2023 include a faster rise...