Plastic Waste Published: 6 January 2024 Background Plastic waste is the most visible problem of our plastic crisis. Whether in rivers, on land, or in the ocean, enormous amounts of plastic waste are already polluting the entire planet.
Decarbonizing Our Food Published: 6 December 2023 Analyse Averting catastrophic climate scenarios requires that we phase out fossil fuels and transform food systems at the same time. By Anna Lappé and Patty Fong
Why COP28 Has Already Failed Published: 1 December 2023 Analyse The UAE's repression of dissidents and rights activists serves defenders of the climate status quo at the COP28 in Dubai. By Kristine Beckerle and Marta Schaaf
Delay, Distract and Deceive: BECCS Developments in South America, Africa and Asia Published: 27 November 2023 Analysis Part one of our series analyses the status of BECCS in South America and Africa and shows that BECCS is far from being the silver bullet to climate change that some actors portray it to be. By Coraina de la Plaza, Kwami Kpondzo and Souparna Lahiri
The Future of Climate Finance Provision is at the Center of COP28 Negotiations Published: 20 November 2023 Analysis When COP28 starts on November 30 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, no less than the future of climate finance provision will be front and center throughout negotiations. By Liane Schalatek
COP 28: Why global carbon pricing and trading platforms are false solutions Published: 17 November 2023 Analysis Article 6 of the Paris Agreement proposes global carbon pricing and offset mechanisms that will expand carbon trading to an unprecedented scale and jeopardize life on the planet. By Tamra Gilbertson and Tom BK Goldtooth
Compromise Transitional Committee Outcome Falls Short of Expectations and Climate Justice Published: 15 November 2023 Analysis With the specter of failure looming, the Transitional Committee adopted a last-minute package of recommendations for the new Loss and Damage Fund (LDF), which needs to be approved at COP28. Why is no one happy with it? By Liane Schalatek
GCF Replenishment Sends Some Signals – Just Not the Right Ones Published: 12 October 2023 Analysis Weeks ahead of COP28, the pledging conference in Bonn for the replenishment of the Green Climate Fund sends some important signals - the wrong ones. By Liane Schalatek
World failing on Sustainable Development Goals Published: 13 September 2023 Comment An independent group of scientists appointed by the UN warns: The world is not on track to achieve any of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. By Cameron Allen, Shirin Malekpour and Imme Scholz
Lost in Translation: Lessons from the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report Published: 6 March 2023 Analysis On 20 March, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will present its Synthesis Report to its 6th Assessment Report. Our briefing highlights essential points of the underlying reports that will be crucial to creating a just and sustainable future in climate change.