More: Climate Crisis
2020, one of three warmest years on record
The COVID-19 pandemic was not the only long-term crisis the world will remember from 2020. In terms of climate change, the year was also...
Step up action and adapt to ‘new climate reality’-Report
Though countries have made progress in planning for climate change adaptation, there are significant financing shortfalls in getting them to the stage where they provide real...
Crafting a new relationship between people and planet in 2021
“Both climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are crises that can only be addressed by everyone together – as part of a transition to...
The new geopolitics of China’s climate leadership
Since 2014, China has embarked on a new era of confident, independent international policy activism under President Xi Jinping – the origins of which...
Planet-warming trend continues: 2020 closes hottest decade on record
As 2020 draws to a close, it leaves in its wake the warmest decade on record and one of the three hottest years ever...
Climate Change in Vanuatu: Problems Ensue
Authors: Harsh Mahaseth and Shubham Sharma*
Vanuatu announced its intention to seek legal action against corporations and governments who have benefited from products which had...
Five years on, the Paris Climate Accord needs political will more than ever
December 12, 2020 marked five years since the signing of the historic Paris Climate Agreement, or the Paris Accord. A total of 196 countries...
The COVID-19 Recovery Offers Opportunities to Address Climate Crisis
On 12 December 2015, virtually all countries adopted the Paris Agreement, pledging to keep the rise in global average temperatures this century to well...
Revitalizing a Global Fight Climate Change Together
Authors: Xu Guoying & Zhao Qingtong
Since the 1960s, the effects of global climate change have alarmed the peoples over the world. It includes unprecedented...
Green pandemic recovery essential to close climate action gap
A green pandemic recovery could cut up to 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the world closer to meeting...