Bold visions for slowing global warming have emerged from all over the world. What’s not clear is how countries will meet them.
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A new study shows that positive tales make a difference.
Leaders are worried US leadership on global issues like climate change will be diminished under President Trump. Experts explain why China is ready to lead, and how that could be a good thing.
The Paris climate conference made key plans to avert global warming. The conference in Morocco will hope to put these plans in action.
Amid the gloom, here are some hopeful signs that we can meet our climate obligations.
Climate justice is becoming an increasingly important part of climate action.
The Paris Agreement marks an important step towards climate change mitigation – one in which developed and developing countries alike take action.
The burden of mitigating and adapting to climate change must be shared between all parts of society.
The concerns about genetically modified foods are well known. But when we look at population and climate projections, what happens if we don’t use them to increase our food supply?
Geoengineering could help regions affected by climate change deal with the problem.
Things we know: we need a bigger climate target. Thing we don’t: how to reach it.
If shipping and aviation don’t rein in their emissions it could seriously jeopardise our goal of preventing more than 2°C of warming.
Despite there being no reference to the words “market mechanism” or “carbon market” in the agreement, the agreement clearly establishes a new international carbon market mechanism.
While the Paris climate talks focus on technical fixes, no one talks about how we’re much more afraid of roughing it than ever before.
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland
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Professor of Climate Change Mitigation and Inequality, University of Cape Town
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Reader in Energy and Transport, UCL
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Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Farmer, Scientist, Storyteller, Australian National University
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Chancellor's Fellow in Sustainable Design, University of Strathclyde
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Professor of International Affairs and Asian Studies, Penn State
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Professor of Behaviour & Social Change, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Persuasive Language and Storytelling, SKEMA Business School
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Academic position - Research Associate at the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Climate Policy Analyst, Lecturer, New York University