Tag: Ecological Transition

The geoeconomics of climate finance (Akshay Mathur, Mannat Jaspal, ORF)

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that an annual investment of US $2.4 trillion is needed in the energy sector alone until 2035...

Achieving net-zero through just transition (Chandra Bhushan, ORF)

The global community has limited time to act on climate change mitigation if it wants to avoid the irreversible, catastrophic impacts. Two reports, this...

A just path to a decarbonised future (Kate Hampton, Mridula Pandey, Shirish Sinha, ORF)

The new IPCC Sixth Assessment Report clearly states that the coming decades are the planet’s last chance to keep global warming below 1.5°C before...

Planning the Route to Net Zero (Richard Mattison, Project-Syndicate)

The travel details of the huge number of world leaders, company CEOs, and investors who made their way to Glasgow for the latest United...

Is nuclear power the way forward to combat the climate crisis? (Patricia Sabga, Al Jazeera)

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) wraps up and countries prepare to throw a lot more money towards decarbonising their economies, the...

Accounting for Climate Change (Lucrezia Reichlin, Project-Syndicate)

This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow has brought a marked shift in focus from the responsibilities of governments to the...

Infrastructure in the developing world is a planetary furnace. Here’s how to cool it (Jeffrey Ball, Brookings)

Twelve winters ago, as a Wall Street Journal reporter, I spent two dark weeks in Copenhagen covering a round of global-warming negotiations billed as...

How to Make Decarbonization Economically Sustainable (Jim O’Neill, Project-Syndicate)

With all eyes on the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow this month, there has been ample media coverage of youth protests,...

Will COP26 in Glasgow spur progress on reducing carbon emissions? (David Dollar and David G. Victor, Brookings)

As the global climate change conference (COP26) continues in Glasgow, climate expert David Victor joins host David Dollar to talk about what’s been happening in Scotland and whether...

Climate on track to devastate world’s poorest economies: Study (Al Jazeera)

The 65 most vulnerable nations will see their gross domestic product (GDP) drop 20 percent on average by 2050 and 64 percent by 2100...

Getting Conflict into the Global Climate Conversation (Crisis Group)

World leaders are meeting in Glasgow to talk about what to do to ameliorate the mounting climate crisis. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts...

To fight poverty, we need more climate action (Joe Cerrell, Khalifa Al-Kuwari, Al Jazeera)

With COP26 ongoing, much of the global climate discussion focuses on efforts to reduce and curb greenhouse gas emissions by turning to cleaner and...

Who’s making the grade on climate change education ambition? (Christina Kwauk, Brookings)

The release of the 6th IPCC report on the physical science of climate change this year raised the alarm around the urgency to act on the...

Beyond the $100 billion: financing a sustainable and resilient future (Amar Bhattacharya, Nicholas Stern, LSE)

In this policy note Amar Bhattacharya and Nicholas Stern set out where we are on developed countries’ climate finance pledge to developing countries and...

COP26: Thousands of young people take over Glasgow streets demanding climate action (UN News)

“What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now!” echoed throughout central Glasgow on Friday as thousands of protesters took the...

Can innovation save the planet? (Dan Peleschuk, Atlantic Council)

The twenty-sixth United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP26) on climate change kicked off this week with major pledges to end deforestation and reduce methane emissions. But...