Comment
Insights and expert analysis on climate issues.
Share
Two new papers published in Nature Climate Change today ask whether the recent global temperatures at or exceeding 1.5° warming above preindustrial mean the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit has been reached or will soon be?
What did we just agree to? The COP29 outcome
Bill Hare, Rueanna Haynes, Manjeet Dhakal, Sasha Jattansingh, Uta Klönne
This COP is already being reflected on as one of the most difficult in the history of the negotiations. And the final text has not made it all worth it. So, what was agreed? And what does it mean for addressing the climate crisis and the work to come next year on the road to COP30 in Belém?
New gas and oil has prevented CO2 global emissions from peaking
Dr Neil Grant, Bill Hare
The Global Carbon Budget's first estimate for 2024's CO2 emissions suggests emissions rose by 0.8% this year. We delve into why we haven't peaked emissions yet.
By the numbers: the climate action we need this decade
Danial Riaz, Marie-Charlotte Geffray, Dr Neil Grant
We break down the transformational changes needed in the power, buildings, transport and agriculture sectors to slash greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade.
The IEA just published its 2024 World Energy Outlook: what does it say?
Bill Hare, Dr Neil Grant
Our experts pull out the key messages from the International Energy Agency's 2024 global update on the energy sector and its implications for the climate.
The loss and damage fund must be accessible to those it was set up to serve – the most vulnerable to climate change
Sneha Pandey, Dr Olivia Serdeczny
The board of the 'Fund for responding to Loss and Damage' has diverging views on accessibility. We look at lessons from similar funds and options currently on the table.