While developed economies have pledged to increase climate financing sharply by 2030, developing-economy policymakers are struggling to cover the costs of action. With medium-term strategies being used to address a short-term threat,…
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UN climate chief calls for $2.4tn inclimate finance
The world needs to mobilise at least $2.4tn to keep global climate change goalswithin reach, the United Nations climate chief said in a speech yesterday. Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN…
Climate change march: From Paris to Glasgow
The latest IPCC report shows that we are dangerously close to 1.5C already. Every fraction of a degree matters The COP26 climate conference will be a clarifying moment, poised between global co-operation…
Cheap imports threaten US solar panel production boom
US companies have announced plans to build dozens of solar panel factories across the country since last year when President Joe Biden’s signature climate law unleashed billions of dollars of subsidies, raising…
Climate’s ‘Catch-22’: Cutting pollution heats up planet
Air pollution, a global scourge that kills millions of people a year, is shielding us from the full force of the sun. Getting rid of it will accelerate climate change. That’s the…
What can COP28 achieve?
COP season is almost here. For the climate-conscious, the annual Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a fixture of the late-year calendar and an…
Human-centric globalization: Taking G20 to the Last Mile, leaving none behind
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – these two words capture a deep philosophy. It means ‘the world is one family.’ This is an all-embracing outlook that encourages us to progress as one universal family, transcending…
Carbon Capture and Delay
As long as coal plants are still operating, it is a good idea to require them capture their carbon dioxide emissions. But those designing policies to hasten such practices must tread carefully,…
Climate science beats climate fatalism
The Paris climate agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is in the headlines again. According to the latest projections from the World Meteorological Organisation, “There is a 66% likelihood that…