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COP26 sees deal to end deforestation by 2030 – but how effective is it?
What’s happening? A £14bn ($19bn) pledge from governments using public and private funds to end deforestation by 2030 became COP26’s first big promise, ...
Katie Chan
November 5, 2021
Do fossil fuel subsidies undermine planned carbon taxes?
What’s happening? The coal, gas and oil industries received $5.9tn in subsidies during 2020, exacerbating the climate crisis, according to research ...
Mubaasil Hassan
November 5, 2021
Preparing farmers and workers for climate action
What’s happening? At the UN's COP26 conference in Glasgow, 80% of food on the menus has been sourced from Scotland. Plant-based ...
Fred Fullerton
November 1, 2021
Net-zero is all the rage heading into COP26, but how are we going to get there?
What’s happening? In case you weren’t aware, government negotiators from around the world are heading to Glasgow tomorrow to start ...
Marc Height
October 29, 2021
What is the cost of equitable global climate action?
What’s happening? Wealthy countries are set to achieve the $100bn climate finance target to help developing nations by 2023, three ...
Sara Trett
October 29, 2021
COP or no COP, the legal system is playing a growing role in the fight against climate change
What’s happening? A group of Torres Strait Islanders have launched a climate class action lawsuit against Australia’s government, accusing it ...
Katie Chan
October 29, 2021
The climate emergency is a health emergency
What's happening? The impact of climate change risks millions of unnecessary deaths, according to the sixth Lancet Countdown report. The authors, who include ...
Nicola Watts
October 29, 2021
Why we shouldn’t focus too much on extinction
What’s happening? The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has declared a further 23 species, including 11 birds and two ...
Anja Pries
October 15, 2021