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In 2024, mountains will feature strongly in a number of climate processes, such as the the expert dialogue on mountains at the climate talks in Bonn this June.
"The only GST that matters for 1.5°C": key takeaways from the first global stocktake at COP28
Dr Neil Grant, Bill Hare, Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
We breakdown the key takeaways from the first global stocktake (GST) since the Paris Agreement and how it sets the stage for the next two years in climate.
COP28: social and economic metrics could serve as stepping stone for Global Goal on Adaptation
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
As work on shaping the Global Goal on Adaptation culminates this week at COP28, we explore if social and economic metrics could be used as proxies for a country’s ability to adapt.
Safeguards and exit points for the World Bank as host of the Loss and Damage Fund
Dr Olivia Serdeczny, Manjeet Dhakal, Sneha Pandey
An agreement was reached to establish the World Bank as the interim host of the Loss and Damage Fund. Developing countries signed up to this on certain conditions. We unpack the safeguards put in place and look at the three points at which the Fund could exit the World Bank.
8 things to know about the state of climate action today
Marie-Charlotte Geffray, Michael Petroni
A major new report looks at climate action across all parts of the global economy to find that only electric vehicle sales are on track for 1.5°C.
Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?
Bill Hare, Thomas Houlie
The fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin that could undo all Australia's efforts to cut emissions.