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Recent global climate talks at COP22 saw a growing role for businesses, NGOs and the state of California – a promising sign for action on climate change in the face of U.S. inaction.
If Donald Trump turns away from climate action as George W. Bush did, Europe and China can respond by forming an alliance that will turn the United States from a climate leader into a follower.
Any progress on global climate aid must overcome the long-standing North-South divide on economic development and environmental protection.
The current climate talks in Morocco are a golden opportunity for making strides on the adaptation of African agriculture. African countries need the tools necessary to do so.
Memo To Marrakech: If the U.S. drops the mantle of global leadership on climate, here are the rest of the world’s options on how to react.
The government in Delhi must be more ambitious. Current plans for more renewable energy plants are just a tenth of what is needed.
The halls of the Marrakech climate summit have been filled with fearful talk about Donald Trump’s presidency. But there is hope that the Paris climate treaty can weather the political storm.
Americans have elected an anti-sustainability President. Here’s how it has gone down at COP22.
The Paris Agreement is in place, but there’s still much to lose for the least developed countries.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced plans to ratify the Paris climate agreement, a day after US participation in the treaty was thrown into dought by Donald Trump’s election victory.
Remote mountain regions are closer to the climate problem than we think, particularly in the context of safeguarding essential ecosystem services such as safe and adequate water.
East Africa is a region that will be hit hard by climate change. COP22 in Morocco presents an opportunity for the region to take steps to mitigate these possible harsh effects.
At 2°C of warming and beyond, many megacities will have to cope with increased flood-risk.
Meet Bhokal, who has already lost so much due to environmental disasters, and who needs the Paris agreement to be a success.
The Paris agreement may be in force, but that doesn’t mean the world agrees on climate change.
Wind and solar farms are great. But we need to reduce energy demand and start taking carbon out of the atmosphere.
The Paris climate conference made key plans to avert global warming. The conference in Morocco will hope to put these plans in action.
Just 11 months after the Paris climate talks, the resulting treaty has come into force. The rapid ratification looks set to heap even more pressure on Australia to come up with a credible climate policy.
Experts agree that a new era for climate policy here. But the hard work starts now.
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Professor of International Relations, Boston University
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Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University
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Associate Professor in the Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Climate Change Mitigation and Inequality, University of Cape Town
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