A look back at what the COPs have actually achieved.
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The biggest issues at COP27 involve financing for low-income countries hit hard by climate change. A former World Bank official describes some promising signs she’s starting to see.
The lack of a clear formula to distinguish between donors’ adaptation and mitigation funds is hurting Africa’s climate response.
Wealthy nations have been reluctant to put loss and damage on the COP27 agenda. If negotiations fail, they could ‘unravel the fragile hopes for climate solidarity’
Heading into COP27, those at the sharp end of climate change are seeking a better deal.
Stronger pledges, more climate finance, and payments for loss and damage.
Remember hearing about COP26 in Glasgow last year? There’s a lot at stake in this year’s climate summit, so here’s your essential guide to prepare.
Financial turmoil will make it harder to invest in climate action on a massive scale.
Developing countries want industrialised countries to pay reparations for loss and damage caused by climate change. Even with disasters ramping up, wealthy nations are resisting.
In the absence of a clear plan for affording the high costs of decarbonisation, it’s time for the UK Treasury to tax fossil fuel companies.
The damage from storms, droughts and sea level rise is in the news almost daily. Some money is flowing to help poor countries, but what isn’t clear is how much impact the funds are having.
Oilsands producers can expect banks to do extensive reviews of their creditworthiness over the next several months.
The African continent stands to lose the most from climate change - here’s what local governments can do to protect it.
On the tail of yet another year of climate disasters, 2022 ushers in the final version of the Paris Agreement, making it a functioning global climate treaty. But it alone can’t save us.
Two Bangladeshi academics spoke to delegates at the Glasgow COP.
COP26 saw progress and announcements, but the commitments made by states — in addition to having to pass the test of implementation —fall far short of what the science requires.
From buses in Bogotá to cycling through Cambridge, we can learn valuable lessons from how countries across the world deliver sustainable transport.
Listen to the fifth and final episode of a series from The Anthill Podcast, reporting from what happened at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
The financial outcome of COP26 is a glass half full, but it’s not far from a failure.
Research on the front lines of climate change highlights the need to address the mental health outcomes of extreme weather events.
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Professor of Practice in Climate Policy, University of Oxford
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Professor of Political Science, UCL
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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PhD Candidate in Climate Justice Policy, University of Warwick
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Research Fellow, Oxford Net Zero, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS), University of Oxford
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Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Justice, University of Bristol
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology
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Research fellow, Australian National University
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Lecturer in International Development, UCL
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Professor of Infrastructure Engineering and International Development, UCL